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On February 1, 2024, President Biden issued Executive Order 14115 (“EO 14115”) targeting persons involved in activities that threaten the peace, security, and stability in the West Bank. Meanwhile, the UK government announced on 12 February 2024 sanctions on “extremist Israeli settlers” who have committed human rights abuses against Palestinian communities. Pursuant to EO 14115, four individuals were added to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”). Concurrently, the US Treasury Department’s…

On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14105, targeting certain US investments into Chinese companies or Chinese-owned companies engaged in three advanced technology areas (Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern, the “EO”). The EO directs the US Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) to issue regulations that will (1) prohibit certain categories of US outbound investments and (2) require notification of other investments involving the…

On July 10, 2023, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) reissued General License 40B, “Authorizing Certain Transactions Involving the Exportation or Reexportation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas to Venezuela” (“GL 40B”). GL 40B authorizes US persons to engage in transactions related to the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, of liquefied petroleum gas (” LPG”) to Venezuela involving the Government of Venezuela (“GOV”), Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (” PdVSA”), any…

On June 16, 2023, the US Commerce Department published a final rule (“Final Rule”), implementing President Biden’s 2021 Executive Order 14034 on “Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries,” to amend the Commerce Department’s “Securing the Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain” regulations, 15 C.F.R. Part 7 (“ICTS Regulations”). The amendments mainly relate to connected software applications. The Final Rule was issued in response to comments received to a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) issued…