Barath Harithas

Introduction On April 2, 2025—a date President Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day”—the administration announced the most sweeping tariff hike since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the 1930 law best remembered for triggering a global trade war and deepening the Great Depression. A universal 10 percent tariff on all imported goods will take effect on April 5, followed by further tariffs on dozens of named countries, set to begin on April 9.

Introduction Just days before stepping down, the Biden administration announced two related rules aimed at tightening control over the flow of advanced AI chips and frontier AI model weights: the Interim Final Rule of the Regulatory Framework for the Responsible Diffusion of Advanced Artificial Intelligence Technology (the “AI Diffusion Rule”) and the Interim Final Rule of the Implementation of Additional Due Diligence Measures for Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits (the “Due Diligence...

The overwhelming dominance of Texas in deploying new generation resources, with solar the dominant category, must be noted. Texas attracts investment with a low-barriers permitting environment, fast access to grid connection under the ERCOT “connect-and-manage” model, and plentiful land. In Texas, which is served via a competitive market rather than an integrated utility, interconnection queue data indicates incredible interest in developing solar and storage.