On 19 November, the Department for International Trade published guidance that sets out how protection of trading interests (also known as the retained blocking regulation) will work in the UK from 1 January. The legislation protects UK persons trading with countries affected by the extraterritorial application of certain laws – these laws are currently US sanctions against Iran and Cuba. The intention of the legislation is to protect UK persons from the extraterritorial effect of legislation imposing the proscribed sanctions (i.e. the US sanctions).
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