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Ju ly 1 st 2 019

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In A ugust 2 018 P re sid en t D onald T ru m p s ig ned i n to l a w t h e F ore ig n I n vestm en t R is k R ev ie w

M odern is a tio n A ct. A m ong i ts p ro vis io ns, t h e r e fo rm w id en s t h e m an date a n d j u ris d ic tio n o f t h e C om mitte e

o n F ore ig n I n vestm en t, e n ab lin g i t t o r e v ie w n on-c o ntr o llin g i n vestm en ts i n U S b u sin esse s i n volv ed i n

c ritic al t e ch nolo gy a n d i n fra str u ctu re , o r i n c o lle ctin g s e n sitiv e d ata o n U S c itiz en s.

T he T ru m p a d m in is tr a tio n c o ntin ues t o r o ll b ack e n vir o nm en ta l p ro te ctio ns i n a n e ff o rt t o r e d uce t h e

re g ula to ry b urd en o n p riv ate b usin ess e s. T he E nvir o nm en ta l P ro te ctio n A gen cy c o m ple te d 1 3 d ere g ula to ry

a ctio ns i n 2 018, f o llo w in g 2 2 s u ch a ctio ns i n 2 017. I n J u ne 2 01 9 i t r e p eale d t h e O bam a a d m in is tr a tio n’s

C le an P ow er P la n o n c u ttin g g re en house -g as e m is sio ns f ro m p ow er p la n ts , r e p la cin g i t w ith a c o nsid era b ly

m ore l im ite d i n itia tiv e.

In N ovem ber 2 018 t h e U S, M ex ic o a n d C an ad a s ig ned a n ew t r a d e a g re e m en t i n te n ded t o r e p la ce t h e

ex is tin g N orth A m eric an F re e-T ra d e A gre em en t ( N AFTA ). T he s o -c a lle d U SM CA i s i n m ost r e sp ects t h e

sa m e o r s im ila r t o N AFTA , b ut c o nta in s a n um ber o f s ig nif ic a n t r e v is io ns. I t r e q uir e s r a tif ic atio n b y a ll t h re e

c o untr ie s t o t a k e e ff e ct.

I n N ovem ber 2 018 t h e U S f u lly r e -im pose d s a n ctio ns l if te d f ro m I ra n u n der t h e 2 0 15 J o in t C om pre h en siv e

P la n o f A ctio n. A s ix -m onth s a n ctio ns e x em ptio n f o r c o untr ie s b u yin g o il f ro m I ra n e n ded i n M ay 2 0 19. I n

M ay 2 018 t h e U S w ith dre w f ro m t h e a g re em en t, w hic h g ra n te d I ra n p arti a l r e lie f f ro m i n te rn atio nal

sa n ctio ns i n e x ch an ge f o r a ccep tin g r e str ic tio ns o n i ts n ucle ar c a p ab ilitie s.

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