Commerce Department Moves to Protect the Supply Chain for Information and Communications Technology and Services

On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce published an interim final rule (the “ICTS Rule”) under former President Trump’s Information and Communications Technology and Services Executive Order issued in May 2019. If implemented by the Biden administration, the ICTS Rule will grant the U.S. government sweeping powers to counter foreign threats to the U.S. supply chain for a wide range of transactions that (1) involve information and communications technology or services (“ICTS”)...
By: Goodwin

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