On August 25, 2025, the US Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a Final Rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) to prohibit DoD contracting officers from awarding certain consulting services contracts to contractors where they or their subsidiaries or affiliates hold contracts and subcontracts that involve providing “consulting services” to “covered foreign entities” (“CFEs”) unless they implement a conflict-of-interest mitigation plan. The prohibition applies specifically to contracts assigned a North American Industry Classification…
On August 25, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a draft Federal Register notice to effectuate the President’s Executive Order (“EO”) on “Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation,” which imposed additional tariffs on imports of Indian origin due to India directly or indirectly importing Russian oil. Under these new tariffs, imports of most goods of Indian origin will be subject to an additional 25% duty, effective August 27, which will stack…
On August 6, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on “Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation,” imposing additional tariffs on Indian imports. Under these new tariffs imports of most Indian goods will be subject to an additional 25% duty, which will stack on top of the 25% duty on Indian imports taking effect on August 7, to result in a 50% effective duty. The Executive Order states that the…
On June 30, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14312 (the “Syria EO”) 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 Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s (“HTS”) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (“FTO”) on July 8, 2025. OFAC has taken the following actions to implement…