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On March 11, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) initiated new investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to examine whether the acts, policies, or practices of several major trading partners relating to structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors burden or restrict U.S. commerce.

In the prior two alerts in this series, we explained that California (along with 16 other states) now requires businesses to conduct privacy risk assessments in certain circumstances where consumer privacy may face heightened risk. Our second alert outlined the key threshold questions—WHERE, WHEN, and WHAT—that trigger this obligation. In this alert, we turn to the central issue: how to prepare and structure a privacy risk assessment that meets regulatory expectations while minimizing legal exposure.