Trade and Manufacturing Monitor

News and insight from our international trade practice group

Department of Defense Requests Comments on Risks in Supply Chains For Strategic and Critical Materials

Today, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) published in the Federal Register a request for comments on risks in the supply chain for strategic and critical materials. DoD’s request stems from an Executive Order signed in…

USTR Proposes Additional 25 Percent Tariffs on Imports from Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom

Last Friday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) issued lists of products from six countries that may be subject to additional 25 percent tariffs. The proposed product lists identified by USTR…

Update on Biden Administration's Supply Chain Resiliency Evaluation - Public Comment Period and Virtual Forum Announced

As discussed earlier this month here, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017 (“EO 14017”) establishing a wide-ranging evaluation of America’s supply chains that will take place over the next twelve months. This…

OFAC Sanctions Two Military Holding Companies With Large Influence Over Burmese Economy

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) further escalated sanctions on Burma by adding two large Burmese military holding companies to its List of Specially Designated…

Biden Administration to Evaluate Critical U.S. Supply Chains for Resiliency

On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017 (“EO 14017”) establishing a wide-ranging evaluation of America’s supply chains that will take place over the next twelve months. The assessment will…