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PremiumPresident-elect Trump’s Commerce Department pick Howard Lutnick to head tariff, trade agenda
President-elect Donald Trump announced he plans to appoint Cantor Fitzgerald President and CEO Howard Lutnick to lead the U.S. Commerce Department, as the incoming administration is expected to charge import tariffs against friends and foes.
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ArticleBusinesses back NAFTA 2.0, but ratification no slam dunk
While U.S. companies in particular are backing the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, there are some hang ups that make it no shoo-in for ratification by each of the three countries.
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Foreign deal making, exports face increased scrutiny
New legislation clarifies and strengthens ability of government agencies to review, and potentially block, cross-border deals in the name of national security.
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Q&A: Talking export compliance with ManTech
We caught up with Maria Assusa, director of corporate trade compliance at ManTech, to learn more about the company’s trade compliance program, what challenges it’s facing with the current trade sanctions environment, and lessons learned along the way.
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Trump threatens $200B in additional tariffs on China imports
On June 18, President Donald Trump directed the United States Trade Representative to identify $200 billion worth of Chinese goods for additional tariffs, at a rate of 10 percent, on top of the already-imposed 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods.
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China strikes back on trade tariffs with duties on U.S. products
China has launched a counter-offensive in the escalating trade war initiated by the United States, announcing additional tariffs in response to duties on its imports into the U.S. Covered products include oil, coal, soybeans, and whiskey.
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Trump makes Chinese tariffs official
President Trump has announced the execution of $50 billion in new tariffs on Chinese goods. The U.S. will implement a 25 percent tariff on a wide array of industrial and manufacturing products and parts.
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ZTE agrees to $1.4B settlement with ‘stringent compliance measures’
Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. has agreed to “severe additional penalties and compliance measures” to replace a U.S. Commerce Department’s denial order.
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Mexico announces retaliatory tariffs targeting U.S.
Mexico has announced trade retaliation efforts against the United States, a response to recent steel and aluminum tariffs put in place by the Trump administration.
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Amid brewing trade war, U.S. enters a battle over wine sales in Canada
The U.S. has added wine sales in Canada to its list of international trade battles. The Trump administration has requested that the World Trade Organization broker a settlement over "unfair regulations" in British Columbia.
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Trump’s tariffs inch U.S. closer to a multinational trade war
The White House on Thursday announced new steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. Those countries are now threatening retaliation with targeted tariffs of their own.
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White House imposes tariffs on washing machines, solar panels
President Trump executed on his “America First” doctrine this week by declaring new tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines. Critics fear the move is an opening salvo to a trade war with China.
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The China conundrum: balancing risk and reward
From White House intervention to tough new cyber-security laws, doing business in China is becoming even more difficult for U.S. companies.
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MoneyGram merger is latest casualty of CFIUS, Chinese trade battle
MoneyGram and Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate of China-based Alibaba, have mutually agreed to terminate their planned merger due to their rejection by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. The rejection is the latest effort by the Trump Administran to curb corporate dealmaking with Chinee entities.
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Amid reform considerations, Trump utilizes foreign deal reviews
On the heels of a rejected semiconductor deal with Chinese investors, legislators are pondering reforms for how international M&A is reviewed.
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FTC charges Qualcomm with ‘monopolizing’ smartphone tech
A feud between tech giants Qualcomm and Apple has gone global and the fallout could affect international IP rights as well as sales and licensing strategies in the tech sector, writes Joe Mont.
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Podcast: Trump, in his own words, on regulation
In this edition of the Compliance Week podcast, we offer selected soundbites from President-elect Donald Trump that detail his views of importance to public companies.
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ArticleAdvice for U.S. companies, post-Brexit: Keep calm and carry on
We may be months away from clarity on what the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the EU means for U.S. companies with a multinational presence. Certain compliance challenges are inevitable in light of changing data privacy demands, labor concerns, trade and tax issues, and the prospect of starting from scratch ...
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FINRA fines Deutsche Bank $6 million for submitting inaccurate trade data
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined Deutsche Bank Securities $6 million for failing to provide complete, accurate trade data in an automated format in a timely manner when requested by FINRA and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.