SANCTIONS

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    US Uses Sanctions Law to Impose Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China

    By Manesh Samtani | 03/02/2025

    Canada and Mexico will impose retaliatory tariffs against the US. China also said it would take “countermeasures”.

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    ING, Goldman Advance Efforts to Sell Russian Subsidiaries

    By Editors | 01/02/2025

    ING expects to complete the sale of its operations in Russia in Q3. The sale of Goldman’s Russia unit received presidential approval.

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    US Suspects Sanctions Circumvention by Chinese AI Firm DeepSeek

    By Manesh Samtani | 31/01/2025

    US authorities investigating whether Deepseek bypassed US export controls and whether Singapore served as an intermediary for restricted Nvidia chip shipments

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    Australia Issues New Guidance on Sanctions Compliance

    By Editors | 30/01/2025

    The ASO also released a Sanctions Compliance Toolkit and a Sanctions Risk Assessment Tool to facilitate compliance with Australian sanctions laws

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    Five Indicted in DPRK Remote IT Worker Fraud Case

    By Editors | 30/01/2025

    The indictment targets five individuals including two US nationals who operated “laptop farms” at their residences

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    EU Imposes Cyber Sanctions Against Three Russian Actors

    By Editors | 29/01/2025

    The individuals listed were responsible for the theft of thousands of confidential documents from Estonia in 2020

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    UK, Canada Impose Sanctions on Belarus Over “Sham” Election

    By Editors | 28/01/2025

    The UK and Canada sanctioned those responsible for “human rights violations” and companies that support Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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    Russia Proposes Jail for Disclosure of Sanctions Circumvention Methods

    By Editors | 27/01/2025

    The draft law reportedly points to websites that disseminate leaked customs data and information in the media about logistics schemes for delivering sanctioned goods.

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    Russian Court Orders Raiffeisen to Pay €2b in Damages

    By Editors | 26/01/2025

    Russian lawmakers also working on legislation that will enable outright confiscation of assets belonging to any individual or company from an “unfriendly” country

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    US to Designate International Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organisations

    By Editors | 25/01/2025

    The US State Department will decide which cartels to designate. Three of Biden’s sanctions-related executive actions were rescinded.

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