Steven Mnuchin

A congressional report alleges then-President Donald Trump may have pushed the Defense Department to approve a pandemic loan to help gain Teamsters support in the 2020 election.

A congressional oversight report highlights flaws in the Defense Department’s designation of less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide as a company vital to national security.

Trump opposed CARES Act loan in May unless agency raised rates it charged Amazon

Sector makes up 3% of $342 billion worth of COVID-19 payroll protection loans.

More funds for loans could help protect small and midsize carriers from layoffs.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control added Russian oil company overseas affiliate TNK Trading International in Switzerland to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.

Democratic Senators Charles Schumer and Sharrod Brown say sanctions should target not only the responsible Russian government agencies and officials, but President Vladimir Putin.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has added the Swiss-based oil brokerage arm of Rosneft Trading to the SDN List for its recent arrangements to transport sanctioned Venezuelan oil.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control added CONVIASA and its aircraft fleet to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List for supporting Maduro regime.

The Swiss government will serve as the go-between to manage financial transactions involving medical and other exports to Iran and ensure Iranian sanctions are not violated.

Moscow-based Grand Service Express began offering service to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula in December.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Iranian metals industry generates billions of dollars for the regime, contributing to its nuclear weapons program.

Trump’s influence over new agency chief could lead to service overhaul in 2020.

President Trump said he plans to travel to Beijing sometime this year to start the next round of trade negotiations with China.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has added the son of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control warns U.S. companies to exercise due diligence against entanglements with sanctioned transportation services providers.

“This new humanitarian mechanism will help international companies that seek to engage in permissible humanitarian trade with Iran to ensure that they do not run afoul of sanctions,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

“Finally, a ray of hope for the U.S.-China trade relationship,” said Myron Brilliant, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s head of international affairs.

Four ocean shipping firms and four tankers are added to the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals List for their roles in supporting Maduro regime.

The Treasury Department adds two banks to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List in response to Iran’s alleged involvement in missile attacks against Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.

New law strengthens U.S. government’s national security oversight of foreign investments in American companies that manufacture “critical” technologies and infrastructure, as well as own airport and seaport properties.