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…
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On July 1, 2025, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published the International…
The EU Commission has issued a factsheet shedding light on the relationship between Incoterms and EU sanctions compliance.…
On 20 June 2025, the Swiss Federal Council announced that Switzerland is lifting its economic sanctions against Syria…
On June 16, the Government of Canada announced an aggressive sanctions package, effective as of June 13, 2025,…
On June 10, 2025, the Government of Canada announced the addition of two individuals to the Special Economic…
Sanctions enforcement is intensifying globally, with authorities expanding their toolkits and increasing cross-border cooperation. This session explored key…