On June 30, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14312 (the âSyria EOâ) terminating the U.S. comprehensive sanctions program targeting Syria, while also continuing to maintain and expand certain sanctions targeting former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and others associated with the former Syrian regime. In addition, the U.S. State Department revoked the designation of Hayâat Tahrir al-Shamâs (âHTSâ) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (âFTOâ) on July 8, 2025. OFAC has taken the following actions to implement…
On July 1, 2025, the Department of the Treasuryâs Office of Foreign Assets Control (âOFACâ) published the International Criminal Court-Related Sanctions Regulations to implement Executive Order (âEOâ) 14203, âImposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Courtâ, issued on February 6, 2025. EO 14023 authorized sanctions on foreign persons engaged in certain efforts by the International Criminal Court (âICCâ) to target the United States and Israel. EO 14023 In EO 14203, President Trump finds that the ICC…
Shortly after taking the oath of office today, newly inaugurated President Trump signed a flurry of Executive Orders (âEOsâ) and other executive actions. This include several actions related to US sanctions and export controls. Authority to Designate Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations or Specially Designated Global Terrorists Trump signed an EO Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. This EO creates a legal authority to designate certain international…
The US Department of Commerce (âDepartmentâ) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) on December 6, 2024 to amend provisions related to the Departmentâs review of transactions involving information and communications technology and services (âICTSâ) âdesigned, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary that may pose undue or unacceptable risk to the United States or U.S. persons.â The Rule implements important clarifications…