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U.S. Supreme Court Holds that the New York Convention Does Not Displace Domestic Doctrines Permitting Nonsignatories to Enforce Arbitration Agreements

U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Can Sue Foreign States for Retroactive Punitive Damages Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Trump Administration Submits Notice of U.S. Withdrawal from the World Health Organization Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Enters into Force

President Trump Authorizes Economic Sanctions and Visa Restrictions Aimed at International Criminal Court

United States Gives Notice of Withdrawal from Treaty on Open Skies

President Trump Impeached and Acquitted of Charges Relating to His Conduct of Foreign Affairs

Trump Administration Further Restricts Asylum Seekers at the Southern Border Through the Migrant Protection Protocols, Asylum Cooperative Agreements, and COVID-19 Procedures

U.S. Department of Justice Indicts Venezuelan Leader Nicolás Maduro on Narcotrafficking Charges

U.S. Refusal to Appoint Members Renders WTO Appellate Body Unable to Hear New Appeals

Trump Administration Authorizes U.S. Military Use of Non-persistent Landmines

United States Signs Agreement with the Taliban, but Prospects for Its Full Implementation Remain Uncertain

Department of Justice Declines to Defend the Constitutionality of a Statute Criminalizing Female Genital Mutilation

Secretary of State Describes Israeli Settlements in the West Bank as “Not Per Se Inconsistent with International Law”

U.S. Trade Representative Holds Environmental Consultations with South Korea Regarding Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

Congress Signals Concern About Human Rights Abuses in China

Issuing Several Pardons, President Trump Intervenes in Proceedings of U.S. Troops Charged or Convicted of Acts Amounting to War Crimes

U.S. Drone Strike in Iraq Kills Iranian Military Leader Qasem Soleimani

United States Creates the U.S. Space Command and the U.S. Space Force to Strengthen Military Capabilities in Space

United States and United Kingdom Sign the First Bilateral Agreement Pursuant to the CLOUD Act, Facilitating Cross-Border Access to Data

United States Remains in the Universal Postal Union, Rescinding Its Notice of Withdrawal

United States Gives Notice of Withdrawal from Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Trump Administration Continues Trade Negotiations with Major Trade Partners 

United States Withdraws Troops from Syria, Leaving Kurds Vulnerable

President Trump “Unsigns” Arms Trade Treaty After Requesting Its Return from the Senate

Senate Gives Advice and Consent to Ratification of Four Bilateral Tax Treaties

United States Continues to Block New Appellate Body Members for the World Trade Organization, Risking the Collapse of the Appellate Process

United States Resists Efforts to Have the Arctic Council Make Climate-Related Statement

Trump Administration Takes Domestic and International Measures to Restrict Asylum

Secretary of State Establishes Commission on Unalienable Rights

Trump Administration’s Iran Policies Raise Questions About the Executive’s Authority to Use Force Against Iran

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Habeas Case Brought by Guantánamo Bay Detainee Challenging His Continuing Detention

United States Recognizes the Opposition Government in Venezuela and Imposes Sanctions as Tensions Escalate

The State Department Designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

United States Recognizes Israeli Sovereignty Over the Golan Heights

D.C. District Court Enters Over $300 Million Default Judgment Award Against Syria for the Death of Marie Colvin

The Trump Administration Revokes the ICC Prosecutor’s U.S. Visa Shortly Before the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber Declines to Authorize an Investigation into War Crimes in Afghanistan

United States Initiates Withdrawal from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

U.S. Military Undergoes Restructuring to Emphasize Cyber and Space Capabilities

The United States Resolves Its Request for Consultations Regarding Peru’s Environmental Obligations Under Bilateral Trade Agreement

Trump Administration Tightens Procedures with Respect to Asylum Seekers at the Southern Border

American Law Institute Releases a Volume of the Restatement Fourth of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Partially Revising the Restatement Third

United States Seeks Extradition of Huawei Official Charged with Violating Sanctions Against Iran

President Trump Announces U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Syria

United States Requests Consultations Regarding Peru’s Environmental Obligations Under Bilateral Trade Agreement

Federal Appellate Court Allows Hungarian Holocaust Survivors to Pursue Claims

Trump Administration Announces Withdrawal from Four International Agreements

Congress Passes Legislation Implementing the Marrakesh Treaty

Palestine Brings a Case Against the United States in the International Court of Justice at a Fraught Time for U.S.-Palestinian Relations

NAFTA Is Renegotiated and Signed by the United States

Congress Signals Concern Over U.S. Role in Aiding Saudi Arabia’s Activities in Yemen

Trump Administration Expresses Strong Disapproval of the International Criminal Court

Iran Initiates Suit Against the United States in the International Court of Justice, While Sanctions Take Effect

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Presidential Proclamation Restricting Entry of Individuals from Covered Countries

United States Withdraws from the UN Human Rights Council, Shortly After Receiving Criticism About Its Border Policy

Tariff-Based Disputes Continue to Characterize Trump Administration Trade Policies

D.C. Circuit Upholds Injunction Barring the Involuntary Transfer to an Unidentified Third Country of a U.S. Citizen Alleged to be an Enemy Combatant

Historic Meeting in Singapore Marks a Change in Relations Between the United States and North Korea and Generates a North Korean Commitment to Work Toward Denuclearization

Trump Administration Expels Russian Diplomats and Imposes Russia-Related Sanctions

U.S. Supreme Court Holds that a Provision of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Does Not Lift Immunity from Attachment of Iranian Artifacts

U.S. Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports Go into Effect, Leading to Trade Disputes

United States Moves Forward with Tariffs and Requests WTO Consultations in Response to Certain Trade Practices by China

Developments Relating to U.S. Trade Negotiations—KORUS, NAFTA, and Trade Promotion Authority

President Trump Withdraws the United States from the Iran Deal and Announces the Reimposition of Sanctions

United States Bombs Syrian Government Facilities in Response to Chemical Weapons Use

Time-Limited Provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Reauthorized Through 2023 

President Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

Trump Administration Ends Participation in Global Compact on Migration, Citing Concerns Regarding U.S. Sovereignty 

United States Reaches Agreement to Limit Arctic Fishing 

Trump Administration Continues Push to Reshape American Trade Relations by Imposing Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports

Responses by the United States to Attacks on the Rohingya in Burma  

President Trump Issues Executive Order Keeping the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp Open

United States Lifts Economic Sanctions on Sudan

United States Imposes Broad Economic Sanctions on Venezuela After Constitutional Crisis

United States Gives Notice of Withdrawal from UNESCO, Citing Anti-Israel Bias

Presidential Proclamation Indefinitely Restricting Entry of Individuals from Designated Countries Is Fully Implemented Amid Ongoing Legal Challenges

U.S. District Court Convicts Mohammad Jabbateh of Perjury and Immigration Fraud for Concealing His Role as Former Liberian Warlord “Jungle Jabbah”

President Trump Refuses to Recertify Iran Nuclear Deal, But No Sanctions Are Reimposed on Iran