Customs

CBP Will Not Issue Refunds During Government ShutdownThe Risks of Trade-Related FCA EnforcementFCA Enforcement May Increase In a Tariff Focused Trade Policy Regime

Cybersecurity

BIS Issues New Guidance to Combat Russia Diversion Risks and Highlights Recent Enforcement ActionsOFAC Imposes More Russian Cyber Sanctions and Foreshadows Future Oligarch SanctionsOFAC Announces New Sanctions on Iran and Mexico

Economic Sanctions

OFAC Issues Guidance Extending Statute of Limitations to 10 YearsICYMI: Grant Leach Talks OFAC Compliance on The Justice Insiders PodcastExecutive Order Imposes New Russia Sanctions for Foreign Financial Institutions and Prohibits Additional Russian Imports

Energy & Environment

OFAC Sanctions Russian Oil Giants Lukoil and RosneftNew AD/CVD Petition Filed on Imports of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and VietnamCommerce Issues Final Determination on Circumvention of Solar Cells and Modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam

Export Controls

OFAC Issues Guidance Extending Statute of Limitations to 10 YearsICYMI: Grant Leach Talks OFAC Compliance on The Justice Insiders PodcastUSTR Issues List of Proposed Section 301 Tariff Increases in Strategic Sectors, Invites Public Comment, Suggests Possible Exclusions for Equipment Used in Domestic Manufacturing, and Remains Silent on Fate of Existing Exclusions

Export Controls & Economic Sanctions

Commerce Department Bans Kaspersky Software in First ICTS Prohibition, Signals Increased Risk of Using Certain Foreign Software and TechnologyCommerce Issues New Antidumping and Countervailing Duty RegulationsU.S. GOVERNMENT IMPOSES OVER 600 DENIED PARTIES DESIGNATIONS ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA’S UKRAINE

First 100 Days of Trade

US Enters Trade Deal With Malaysia and CambodiaWeek of October 19, 2025, Trade NewsBIS Adds 29 Entities and Addresses in China, Turkey, and the UAE to Entity List

Food & Agribusiness

China Announces New Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. GoodsOFAC Amends Iran Sanctions to Ease Humanitarian TradeU.S. Visit From Cuban Ag Minister Highlights Future Trade Opportunities Under Amended Sanctions

Husch Blackwell News

CBP Further Defines Customs Business in New RulingU.S. Imposes More Sanctions and Export Controls against Russia and BelarusRetaliatory Actions Against Trump's Tariffs: What Businesses Should Do When Allies Hit Back

Intellectual Property

Beau Jackson Joins World Trade Center – Kansas City for Webinar on Intellectual Property Enforcement and Trade RemediesInternational Trade Law: 2022 Year in Review & Outlook for 2023May Trade Law Update: Court Decisions

International Trade & Supply Chain

BIS Suspends “Affiliates Rule” for One Year Following U.S. Agreement with ChinaTrump Reduces IEEPA Fentanyl Tariffs to 10% Effective November 10; Continues Suspension of Heightened Reciprocal Tariff RateUS Enters Trade Deal With Malaysia and Cambodia

International Trade Remedies

BIS Suspends “Affiliates Rule” for One Year Following U.S. Agreement with ChinaBIS Opens First Submission Window for Section 232 Auto Tariff InclusionsCBP Issues Guidance on the Additional 25% Tariffs for Imports from India

Legislative & Judicial Updates

How the U.S. Government Shutdown Impacts International TradeThe Risks of Trade-Related FCA EnforcementOFAC Issues Guidance Extending Statute of Limitations to 10 Years

Manufacturing

Petition Summary: Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from the Czech Republic and the Republic of IndiaOFAC Issues Guidance Extending Statute of Limitations to 10 YearsICYMI: Grant Leach Talks OFAC Compliance on The Justice Insiders Podcast

Russia Sanctions

Podcast: The Latest on Russia SanctionsInternational Trade Law: 2022 Year in Review & Outlook for 2023BIS Adds 24 New Entities and Removes One from Entity List and Extends Deadline for Comments to New Semiconductor Rules

Section 337

Section 301 Exclusion UpdateInternational Trade Law: 2022 Year in Review & Outlook for 2023Download Report | International Trade Law: 2021 Year in Review & Outlook for 2022

Supply Chain

BIS Suspends “Affiliates Rule” for One Year Following U.S. Agreement with ChinaTrump Reduces IEEPA Fentanyl Tariffs to 10% Effective November 10; Continues Suspension of Heightened Reciprocal Tariff RateCommerce Integrates European Union Tariff Exemptions into the HTS; Auto Tariff Deal Retroactive to August 1, 2025

Tariffs & Trade Developments

BIS Suspends “Affiliates Rule” for One Year Following U.S. Agreement with ChinaTrump Reduces IEEPA Fentanyl Tariffs to 10% Effective November 10; Continues Suspension of Heightened Reciprocal Tariff RateAdditional Tariffs of 25% on Indian Origin Goods Effective August 27, 2025

Technology

Federal Judge Issues Order on Use of Artificial Intelligence and Implications for Inadvertent Release of Proprietary InformationPresident Announces Actions against China for Intellectual Property PracticesSenate Passes Potential Russian Sanctions Bill

Trade Newsletter

September 2025 Trade Law UpdateAugust 2025 Trade Law UpdateJuly 2025 Trade Law Update

Trade Policy

BIS Suspends “Affiliates Rule” for One Year Following U.S. Agreement with ChinaWeek of October 26, 2025, Trade NewsUS Enters Trade Deal With Malaysia and Cambodia

Transportation

Petition Summary: Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from the Czech Republic and the Republic of IndiaSpecial Provisions Go Into Effect for UK Autos, Auto Parts and Civil Aircraft Products Under the United States – U.K. Economic Prosperity DealWhat Do Importers and Shippers Need to Know about the FMC’s New Rule on D&D Invoices?

Uncategorized

Commerce Adds Over 400 New HTS Codes to the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Effective August 18Customs Clarifies That “In Transit” Exemption Only Applies to Ocean VesselsPetition Summary: Lattice-Boom Crawler Cranes, whether or not assembled, from Japan