By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company may face a fine of up to $1 billion or more for violating U.S. export control laws against Huawei. The Bureau of Industry and Security has reportedly been investigating the chip company after one of its chips was found in...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. MBA Canada maybe re-thinking its global trade and domestic policies by considering support of partnerships with China's electric vehicle manufacturers and other Chinese manufacturers. Canada has an advantage in that it has an abunsdant suppkly of critical minerals suitable for electric vehicle battery production....

A consistent and growing number of U.S. water systems have come under cyberattacks , targeting both large urban utilities and smaller rural ones, with perpetrators linked to Russia, China, Iand Iran. These pose serious dangers to essential services, including the risk of disrupting water treatment, contaminating supplies, damaging infrastructure, and undermining public...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. MBA The United States and China are competing heavily in searches for investments in rare earth minerals in Latin America since China when China choked off our supply of the minerals in April of this year. The U.S. has a need for the rare...

According to the New York Times and officials, China has stolen sensitive information from almost every American and cyberattacks by China on American companies and systems has been substantially increasing. The Chinese hackers have infiltrated all major American telecommunications companies and that the stolen data could allow China's intelligece service to track...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The demand for semiconductor chips and related design tools for sale in China has lead some companies to ignore export controls and in recent cases, this has lead to criminal investigations and large fines for those companies. In June of this year, Cadence...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The co-fiounder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin says that quantum computing may have the capacity to break the crypto codes within five years. Digital currencies deploy cryptographic functions to encrypt all financial details in order to protect the integrity of the funds. Presently, computers ...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The US government has banned the export of the most advanced chips to China amid Us national security concerns that the most powerful chips will be used to advance China's military capabilities. On Tuesday August 5 of this year, two Chinese...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. The Treasury Department issued an Advisory which revealed that Chinese money launderers appear to have moved over $312 Billion in illegal transactions through U.S. banks and other financial institutions to help . Here is a copy of the Advisory:https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/advisory/2025-08-28/FinCEN-Advisory-CMLN-508.pdf According...

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. On May 2, an executive order issued ending the de minimus tariff exemption for Chinese imports. This Fridat the de minimus exeption will end for all countries importing products tot he U.S. including Canada, Mexico and Europe. The de minimis tariff exemption is a...