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January 31, 2024

BIS Proposes Rulemaking on Infrastructure as a Service, Artificial Intelligence

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) this week issued a notice of proposed rulemaking soliciting comments on proposed regulations that would establish new requirements for U.S. Infrastructure as a Service providers (IaaS or cloud infrastructure …

January 25, 2024

BIS Expands and Clarifies Restrictions on Russia and Belarus

Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule imposing additional sanctions and clarifying existing controls on Russia and Belarus under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These new measures enhance the effectiveness of …

January 25, 2024

Presidential Proclamations Extend U.S. Section 232 TRQs on E.U. Steel, Aluminum

Late last month President Joseph Biden issued Presidential Proclamations 10690 and 10691, extending the Section 232 Tariff-Rate Quotas (“TRQ”) on imports of steel and aluminum into the United States from the European Union (“EU”). This represents a continuation of …

January 12, 2024

CIT Entertains Challenge to Recent Placement on UFLPA Entity List

For the first time, in November 2023 the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear an appeal of a U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (“FLETF”) decision to place a company on the U.S. Uyghur …

January 09, 2024

Comment Period for BIS Semiconductor and Advanced Computing Items Export Controls Rules Set to End

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has set a January 17, 2024, deadline for public comment on two interim final rules — one concerning “Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Items” (the SME IFR) and …

January 02, 2024

Canadian International Trade Law Year in Review, 2023

In this second edition of the Canadian International Trade Law Year in Review, the team at CLK Canada has reviewed a set of 12 judicial and administrative decisions from 2023 that will be of interest to trade practitioners.

The …

December 28, 2023

Government of Canada Releases Guidance on Forced Labour Reporting Requirements

Late last week, the Government of Canada released Guidance to assist companies in complying with the new Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, which we have previously reported on here. We have also …

December 18, 2023

CLK Congratulates Susana Lee on Appointment as a Member of the CITT

CLK is delighted to congratulate Susana Lee on her appointment as a Member of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, effective January 29, 2024.

Prior to her appointment, Susana spent her entire legal career at CLK, starting as a summer student …

November 23, 2023

CLK Canada Announces Two New Partners

Cassidy Levy Kent is very pleased to announce the admission of two new partners, effective January 1, 2024.

Hugh Lee’s practice focuses on trade remedies, dispute settlement under trade agreements, and investor-state dispute settlement, among other trade law related …

November 06, 2023

New Legislation Would Impose Fees on “Dirty” Imports, Link Climate and Trade Policy

The increasing convergence of climate and trade policy gained new momentum this week with legislation to “level the playing field” by imposing fees on imports from China, Russia, and other countries with lax environmental standards.

The “Foreign Pollution Fee Act …