The Trump Administration has officially banned U.S. transactions in Venezuela’s controversial “petro” digital currency. On March 19, 2018, the Trump Administration issued a new Exe...
The U.S. government is sending a series of signals that it intends to focus on Chinese banks and corporate entities as potential points of additional pressure on North Korea. Close U.S. ...
For the first time in 30 years, Congress may expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). In testimony before the Senate Banking Com...
Following on last week’s hearing in which it heard testimony from private sector representatives, the Senate Banking Committee continued its consideration of possible reforms to the U.S...
2018 is shaping up as a potential watershed year for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”). Within the first two weeks of the new y...
Despite his long-held stance that it is one of the worst deals ever, today President Trump again executed the necessary waivers to continue the United States’ nuclear sanctions relief t...
In its first hearing of the year, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs expressed support for potential reforms to the U.S. anti-money laundering (“AML”) and cou...
On October 13, 2017, President Trump announced that he would not make a quarterly certification required by the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (“INARA”) because he was unable to ce...
On September 21, 2017, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (“E.O.”), “Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect to North Korea.” According to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin...
