Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
United Kingdom Legislating to Avoid a Legal Gap after Brexit but Warns UK Persons to Confirm the Details
With or without a deal and unless there is a last minute extension, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union (EU) at 11 pm London time on 29 March 2019. Since triggering the exit process, the UK has worked…
Trump Signs Executive Order to Strengthen Buy American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects
On January 31, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 13858 entitled Strengthening Buy American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects . The Order is designed to strengthen the “Buy American principle” for…
USTR Announces List of Changes Required to U.S. Law in Order to Implement USCMA
On January 29, USTR Ambassador Lighthizer delivered to Congress a list describing changes to U.S. laws that would be required to fulfill obligations agreed to under the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA).…
US-EU Trade Agreement: Negotiating Objectives Released
Introduction On 11 January 2019 and 18 January 2019, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) and the European Commission (“Commission”) released their respective negotiating objectives for a U.S.-EU trade…
New Sanctions on Venezuela’s National Oil Company, PDVSA
Yesterday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) listed Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (“PdVSA”) as a Specially Designated National (“SDN”) pursuant to its authority under Executive Order 13850. As a result of…