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The EU needs to develop an Anti-Coercion Instrument that acts as a powerful economic deterrent, but this alone will not sufficiently protect Europe against economic coercion

Top EU Court Rules on the EU Blocking Regulation Against US Sanctions for the First Time - On December 21, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU),...

China is pressuring EU companies to cease trading with Lithuanian firms. This is a critical moment for the European Union – it should build up defences for its internal market and protect member states and companies from political coercion.

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After many months of delays, there are signals that Iran’s supreme leader is pushing for negotiations to restart and for a new nuclear deal to be closed by Iranian New Year

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 In May 2018 the United States announced the reinstitution of sanctions against Iran that had previously been lifted pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan Action (“JCPOA”).[1] The U.S. sanctions on Iran that were revived by the U.S. action in 2018 include many that apply extraterritorially.  Moreover, U.S. law allows the government to impose sanctions on non-U.S. persons (such as European companies) if the U.S. Treasury Department makes a finding that th...

The former President has been accused of sending his senior officials out to conspire with the EU on ways to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.

For all the vagueness of its recent sanctions on Europeans, China could not have been clearer in its resolve to counter any more determined European stand against the country, including through economic punishment. The European Council on Foreign Relations’ Task Force for Strengthening Europe against Economic Coercion brings together high-level European public and private sector actors to analyse a range of policies Europe could adopt to improve its resilience. Drawing on this systematic cons...

It could be a taste of things to come. China last week imposed personal sanctions on European policymakers and think-tanks. Among other things, the measures introduced prevent Chinese people and organisations from doing business with the European entities, with the possibility of travel bans also being used. China also inflicted economic punishment on select European companies. Beijing could have responded reciprocally to the European Union’s recent listing of four Chinese officials with link...

Opinion: The Problem With China’s New Rules on Foreign Sanctions Henry Chen is a senior partner at Dentons Shanghai Office. Previously, he was AP compliance director of Ford Motor Co. Michael E. Zolandz is the chair of Dentons’ federal regulatory and compliance practice, and serves as the managing partner for Dentons’ Washington, DC office. An overview Drawing inspiration from the European Union’s legal practice, China has created a similar legal regime for counteracting the impact of...