Foreign Policy and National Security
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The Trump administration on Thursday announced that it would impose an escalating tariff of up to 25% on all goods imported from Mexico unless the country does more to reduce the flow of migrants across the U.S. southern border… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A former Societe Generale SA executive who allegedly helped falsify the Paris bank’s submissions to the London Interbank Offered Rate was deemed a fugitive Wednesday by a New York federal court, which said the accused banker can’t fight the case if she stays in France… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday took advantage of a recent Trump administration policy change to launch a multimillion-dollar suit under the Helms-Burton Act, alleging two Cuban companies have made use of property seized from the oil and gas behemoth since Fidel Castro came to power… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday waived a slew of environmental protection and conservation laws that it said could hinder the construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, repeating a move that previously landed the agency in federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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President Donald Trump on Monday ordered federal agencies to crack down on individuals who overstay business and tourism visas, the latest move to address what the White House describes as a crisis along the border with Mexico… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 