Trump Extends Somalia National Emergency
President Donald Trump on April 6 took an executive action to continue for one year the national emergency status for Somalia (here) under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The action also extends former President Barack Obama's July 20, 2012 executive order (here) that blocks transactions associated with U.S. persons determined by the U.S. government to have engaged in the import or export of charcoal from Somalia on or after Feb. 22, 2012.
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(Federal Register 04/07/17)