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There is clear bipartisan support for National Emergencies Act reform with an IEEPA exclusion.
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There is clear bipartisan support for National Emergencies Act reform with an IEEPA exclusion.
An examination of the implications of Biden’s new China sanctions.
An examination of Section 1260H of the NDAA for fiscal year 2021 and its implications for U.S.-China relations.
An in-depth review of the evolution of Section 1237 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1999, and the government’s efforts to tackle the issue of “Communist Chinese military companies."
A federal judge has barred the Trump administration, for the moment, from enforcing IEEPA sanctions against TikTok. Here’s why.
Is TikTok’s suit against the government likely to succeed? Not in conventional terms—but maybe that’s not the right way to look at it.
Does it matter that President Trump last Friday night issued a CFIUS order directing ByteDance to divest itself from TikTok, given that a week earlier he already had levied IEEPA sanctions on the company? Yes indeed.
The administration’s move may invite additional restrictions on the application of a key U.S. foreign and security tool.
Over the weekend, President Trump cited a 1977 statute, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), as providing the legal authority he would need to carry through on his “order” that American companies “immediately start looking for an alternative to China.” IEEPA, which serves as the legal basis for many of America’s economic sanctions programs, almost certainly gives Trump the legal power he claims.
Lost amid the fallout of President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey last week was the U.S. Treasury Department’s announcement of new sanctions on individuals and companies found to be supporting Iran’s missile program. Four of the seven new sanctions targets are Chinese. This matters because although this is the second time since President Trump has taken office that the U.S.