On May 5, 2023, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Investment Security published in the Federal Register a Proposed Rule that would amend the regulations pertaining to certain transactions by foreign persons involving real estate in the United States pursuant to section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and implemented
May 2023
President Biden Introduces New Sudan-Related Sanctions
On May 4, 2023, President Biden signed a new Executive Order, Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons Destabilizing Sudan and Undermining the Goal of a Democratic Transition, stating that the violence taking place in Sudan “is a tragedy” and “must end.”
Finding that the situation in Sudan constitutes an extraordinary threat to U.S. national security…