With the release of its annual competitiveness report, the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) June 30, 2020, acknowledged that four years out of the export financing market has taken a toll on its …
Administration agencies know how to keep exporters and trade lawyers in suspense. Eight years after its "long-awaited" guidance on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement, Justice and the …
European Union (EU) and U.S. officials are scrambling to maintain the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield after the European Court of Justice July 16, 2020, moved to invalidate the agreement, ruling that it does …
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Or even better, nature abhors a vacuum. China joined the United Nations (UN) Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) July 6, 2020, which establishes common standards for regulating …
On the same day as Defense issued a list of Chinese military companies operating in the U.S. that included Huawei, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo June 24, 2020, made a frontal broadside of China's 5G …
In response to growing demands for clarity from industry and lawmakers, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Federal Register June 18, 2020, authorized the release of certain technology to …
The U.S. government provided little-to-no oversight of three Chinese state-owned telecommunications carriers operating in the U.S. for nearly 20 years, according to a report the Permanent …
In her first appearance since Congress approved a seven-year reauthorization in December 2019 and a full board quorum, Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) President Kimberly Reed June 23, 2020, highlighted …
Amid tensions over Hong Kong and restrictions on Chinese firm Huawei, the Trump administration's two-year attempt to extradite Huawei Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou from Canada, to face …
After two years of proposals, comments and a pilot program, Treasury May 21, 2020, proposed changes to Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) regulations, modifying the scope of the …
While states are beginning to permit businesses to reopen, the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank board May 28, 2020, extended previously announced coronavirus relief measures, including waivers, deadline …
A committee of several U.S. government agencies April 9, 2020, unanimously recommended that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoke and terminate China Telecom (Americas) Corp.'s …
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., a N.J.-based provider of medical diagnostic devices and services, settled Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges of misleading consumers about its participation in …
Given a bit of extra time, industry trade groups and individual firms urged the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to extend the narrow and temporary Huawei General License (GL) permanently, or at …
While almost all government agencies have had to adjust their operating procedures during the global pandemic, few have been as communicative as State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). …
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) March 12, 2020, for the third time extended a narrow and temporary General License (GL) authorizing some transactions with Huawei and 114 non-U.S. affiliates …
In its proposed fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget released Feb. 11, 2020, the administration gave a little and took a little. While the budget is not binding until Congress approves it, which looks …
Four more companies have settled the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges of making false claims of participating in the European Union (EU)-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. The settlements involve …
In a case of give with one hand and take with the other, several legal fights between the administration and Chinese telecom firm Huawei were either dismissed or escalated. For one, the Federal …
The extradition case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou to the U.S. temporary concluded in a Vancouver court Jan. 23, 2020, after four days and has already morphed into a …