On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump announced 25% ad valorem tariffs for steel articles, aluminum articles, and steel and aluminum derivatives (i.e., “downstream” articles) that will enter into force on March 12, 2025.  These tariff actions use the initial Section 232 January 2018 reports and findings issued by the Department of Commerce (see

On January 15, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s inflation-adjusted civil monetary penalties for 2025 went into effect. The adjustments, which the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) published in the Federal Register on December 30, 2024, update the penalty rates for violations of laws and regulations enforced by the agency and its bureaus. 

While over 40 civil

On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule prohibiting the sale and importation of connected vehicles incorporating certain hardware and software components (or those components sold separately) with a sufficient nexus to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or Russia. The new prohibitions go into

On January 15, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two Final Rules adding 27 companies to the Entity List. 

In the first Final Rule, BIS added 16 entities under the destinations of China (14) and Singapore (2).  These entities are being added to the Entity List due to

On December 30, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a year-end update of the Boycott Requester List. This list notifies companies, financial institutions, freight forwarders, individuals, and other U.S. persons of potential sources of certain boycott-related requests they may receive during the regular course of business. Introduced in

On December 2, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two new rulemakings in an ongoing effort to “further impair [China’s] capability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in the next generation of advanced weapon systems and in artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing, which have significant military

On November 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced new export controls targeting Pakistan to address concerns about the diversion of certain items to unauthorized end uses or end users, particularly those on the Entity List. The final rule, effective November 25, 2024, imposes new licensing requirements

On October 30, 2024, the Departments of the Treasury, State and Commerce undertook further sanctions against “enablers of Russia’s military-industrial base.” In total, the actions taken by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) sanction over 300 individuals and entities involved in supplying Russia with advanced technology

On October 17, 2024, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released three rules—one Final Rule, one Interim Final Rule, and one Proposed Rule—to reduce controls on a variety of less sensitive space-related items, thereby ensuring the U.S. space industrial base remains globally competitive while also bolstering the U.S. international space partnerships. Concurrently

On October 21, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Final Rule adding 26 companies to its Entity List for activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy for alleged violations of export controls, involvement in weapons programs of concern, and evasion of U.S. sanctions and export controls