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The BR International Trade Report: November 2025

The BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, cross-border investment, and geopolitical risk issues impacting businesses domestically and abroad.

Blank Rome LLP
02.12.2025

BIS Suspends "Affiliates Rule" for One Year, Effective November 10

On November 10, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule delaying enforcement of the “Affiliates Rule” that BIS issued on September 29.

Blank Rome LLP
12.11.2025

The BR International Trade Report: October 2025

Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, cross-border investment, and geopolitical risk issues impacting businesses domestically and abroad.

Blank Rome LLP
16.10.2025

BIS Adopts Long-Awaited "Affiliate Rule"

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security published an interim final rule on September 29, 2025, adopting an “Affiliate Rule” under the Export Administration Regulations based on, ...

Blank Rome LLP
06.10.2025

The BR International Trade Report - September 2025

Welcome to this month’s issue of the BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, cross-border investment, and geopolitical risk issues impacting businesses domestically and abroad.

Blank Rome LLP
16.09.2025

BIS Amends the Export Administration Regulations to Authorize Certain Exports to Syria, Following OFAC’s Termination of the Syria Sanctions Program

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security published a final rule on August 28, easing export controls for Syria under the Export Administration Regulations.

Blank Rome LLP
11.09.2025

DOJ and DHS Launch Cross-Agency Trade Fraud Task Force

On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the formation of a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force to enhance enforcement against importers and other entities that engage in trade fraud.

Blank Rome LLP
08.09.2025

Significant Amendments to the Bonded Warehouse Regime

The Regulation Amending the Customs Regulation, published in the Official Gazette dated 22 August 2025 and numbered 32994, has introduced significant amendments to the Customs Regulation.

Esin Attorney Partnership
08.09.2025

Court of Appeals Rules That President Lacks Authority for Broad Tariffs

On August 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that the President cannot impose broad tariffs of unlimited duration using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Blank Rome LLP
08.09.2025

Key Takeaways from the CFIUS 2024 Annual Report

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) recently published its Annual Report to Congress, covering activity for the 2024 calendar year.

Blank Rome LLP
27.08.2025

The BR International Trade Report: August 2025

Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, cross-border investment, and geopolitical risk issues impacting businesses domestically and abroad.

Blank Rome LLP
15.08.2025

New U.S. Tariff Rates Set to Take Effect on August 7, as Negotiations Continue

In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has taken a range of actions intended to significantly alter the U.S. trade landscape. Specifically, during the course of July, President Trump unveiled a series of letters to U.S. trading partners, identifying adjusted tariff rates set to take effect on August 1, 2025.

Blank Rome LLP
13.08.2025

The BR International Trade Report - July 2025

In early July, President Trump began releasing copies of letters that his administration sent to U.S. trading partners, outlining updated tariff rates for products imported into the United States.

Blank Rome LLP
22.07.2025

The Expanding Risk Landscape: DOJ’s Advanced Data Analytics and the Healthcare Fraud Data Fusion Center

The Department of Justice announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud takedown, on June 30, 2025, one of the most significant enforcement actions in recent years.

Blank Rome LLP
11.07.2025

DOJ FCPA Uygulama Rehberini Yayımladı: Türkiye Üzerindeki Etkilerinin Değerlendirilmesi

Yabancı Yolsuzluk Uygulamaları Yasası (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – FCPA), her ne kadar Amerika Birleşik Devletleri tarafından kabul edilmiş bir yasa olsa da, özellikle ABD merkezli çok uluslu şirketlerin ve bunların iştiraklerinin yoğun faaliyet gösterdiği Türkiye gibi ülkelerde uzun süredir sınır ötesi etki göstermektedir.

NSN Law Firm
11.07.2025

DOJ Issues FCPA Enforcement Guidelines: Assessment of Their Impact for Türkiye

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), while enacted by the United States, has long exerted extraterritorial influence, particularly in jurisdictions such as Türkiye where U.S.-based multinational companies and their affiliates conduct substantial operations.

NSN Law Firm
11.07.2025

Tariffs, Treble Damages, and Trade Enforcement: Surviving the New Era of Customs Crackdown

New executive orders, proclamations, and memoranda issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, and Section 301 of the Trade Act now aim to govern virtually every cross-border transaction touching the United States.

Blank Rome LLP
24.06.2025

The BR International Trade Report: June 2025

United States and China agree on framework to ease trade tensions in London talks. On June 9-10, following weeks of escalating tensions over export controls, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with their Chinese counterparts in London ...

Blank Rome LLP
17.06.2025

Court of International Trade Sets Aside Presidential IEEPA Tariffs and Federal Circuit Postpones Nationwide Injunction

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade issued a landmark decision on May 28, 2025, in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. United States, concluding that tariffs imposed by the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act exceeded the President’s statutory authority.

Blank Rome LLP
02.06.2025

Gradual Lifting of the Syria Sanctions

Following President Trump’s announcement during his Gulf tour, the United States formally took the first step toward a comprehensive relaxation of the U.S. Syria sanctions.

Reed Smith LLP
02.06.2025
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