United States: Export Controls & Trade & Investment Sanctions

The Alliance for Chemical Distribution's ChemEdge 2026 conference will feature expert training on critical regulatory compliance topics for chemical industry professionals. Ryan N. Schmit will deliver a presentation covering the complex import and export requirements under TSCA and FIFRA regulations.

Weekly compilation of international sanctions developments covering US actions against M23 and FDLR commanders in the DRC-Rwanda conflict, expanded Iran sanctions under the "Economic Fury" campaign...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued determinations in Section 301 investigations targeting 60 economies for allegedly failing to enforce prohibitions on forced labor imports...

On June 3, 2026, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (the “EO”), Strengthening Customs Enforcement, directing the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”)...

The Office of the United States Trade Representative has proposed sweeping new tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on imports from sixty trading partners, finding that these economies either failed to enforce prohibitions on forced...

The Trump administration has recently made several trade policy and tariff litigation announcements affecting companies importing goods into the United States and downstream buyers...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. that the Helms-Burton Act authorizes recovery against anyone who uses property confiscated by the Cuban government...

Minimal progress has been achieved towards a permanent settlement of conflict between the DRC and the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23. Fighting in the eastern Congo persists, and both sides continue to accuse...

Recent U.S. cartel designations are fundamentally reshaping compliance requirements for American companies with operations or investments in Mexico. Partners from Holland & Knight examine how enforcement actions targeting Mexican financial institutions and agricultural supply chains are creating new legal exposure, even for organizations with established compliance programs, and discuss what enhanced due diligence measures companies must now implement to navigate cross-border business risk.