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American Conference Institute (ACI)

Developments in Global Sanctions Compliance with a Focus on Russia, Belarus and China

Sanctions imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union against Russia, China, and other parts of the world are fast-evolving. Such geopolitical shifts are creating new risks and placing further...more

King & Spalding

The U.S. Departments of Commerce and State Issue Proposed Rules Expanding Controls on Military and Security-Related Services, End...

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To curtail U.S. persons from supporting the efforts of adversarial regimes, such as China and Russia, in advancing their military and intelligence capabilities, the U.S. is proposing a significant expansion of export control...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Significant New U.S. Person and Other Export Controls Proposed Regarding Military, Intelligence, and Security End Users

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published proposed amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that would significantly expand the scope of the export controls over...more

WilmerHale

BIS Sets Higher KYC Standards for Companies and Universities Over Russia Diversion Concerns

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On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released new guidance (the “July 10 Release”) outlining different types of precautionary letters (“supplier list” letters, “Project...more

The Volkov Law Group

BIS Issues Denial Order for Domestic Freight Forwarder Alleging Multiple Violations of Settlement Agreement Terms

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On June 14, 2024, U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Matthew Axelrod, officially issued an order activating the suspended portion of a civil penalty that was imposed on U.S-based freight...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - June 2024

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On May 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR), effective August 8, 2024, that updates the Reporting, Procedures, and Penalties Regulations....more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Braumiller-Law-Group - June 2024 Newletter

Recently, President Biden signed a foreign military support bill (H.R. 815) into law, which also encompassed the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act (the Act), a legislative proposal introduced in the House containing...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

National Security Act of 2024 extends statute of limitations for sanctions violations to 10 years

The measure also harmonizes Russia sanctions rules with allies, and intensifies penalties against Iran - The National Security Act, 2024 (Pub. L No 118-50) was enacted on April 24, 2024. In addition to the Act’s provisions...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

Correcting and Clarifying Export Controls Issued on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items

On March 29, 2024, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule (“2024 IFR”) clarifying and correcting its October 2023 interim final rules on advanced...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Guidance to Foreign Companies on Export Controls and Sanctions: Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Justice Issue Tri-Seal...

On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury and Department of Justice issued another Tri-seal Compliance Note, focusing this time on the obligations of foreign based persons complying...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Braumiller Law Group & Braumiller Consulting Group February 2024 newsletter

Last June (2023), in response to a ruling request from Your Special Delivery Services Specialty Logistics (YSDS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued HQ H324098, clarifying what it means to be an “owner or purchaser”...more

Venable LLP

Freight Forwarders and Common Carriers: As You Look Ahead to 2024, Do You "Know Your Cargo"?

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As federal regulators have recently made clear, steamship lines, non-vessel-operating common carriers, indirect air carriers, freight forwarders, and others involved in the global movement of cargo must ensure that their...more

Fenwick & West LLP

BIS Publishes New FAQs Related to Updated Advanced Computing/Supercomputing Rules

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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published new FAQs that offer further guidance on two interim final rules that went into effect in November 2023. hese rules, for which the BIS is...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Outbound Investment Review Program – Themes from Industry Comments

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As discussed in our September 2023 Lawfare article, the Biden administration’s first-of-its-kind outbound investment review program seeks to limit outbound investments by U.S. investors in Chinese developers of certain...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

7 Enforcement Predictions For US Export Controls, Sanctions

Within the trade bar there is cautiousness, curiosity and skepticism at the numerous pronouncements signaling greater enforcement of export controls and sanctions by the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Office of Foreign...more

Wiley Rein LLP

BIS Strengthens Export Controls Targeting China’s Acquisition of Semiconductor Equipment, Advanced Computing Items, and...

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For the second year running, and in what may prove to be a regular process, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has significantly expanded export controls on specific semiconductor and...more

A&O Shearman

U.S. Clarifies and Strengthens Restrictions on Semiconductor Exports to China

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On November 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) hosted a public briefing to address questions and further clarify its recently announced rules on October 17, 2023. The new measures...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

Navigating U.S. Sanctions and Export Control Restrictions

Over the last several months, companies have become entangled in an increasingly complex web of new and expanded sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia in response to its war on Ukraine. The current...more

Jones Day

BIS Releases Rules to Revise and Expand Controls Relating to Semiconductors and Advanced Computing

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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") recently released two rules to update export controls on advanced semiconductors, semiconductor development and production, and items that support...more

Alston & Bird

Commerce Imposes Additional Novel and Complex Export Controls on Chips and Semiconductor Equipment

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The United States continues to raise the guardrails on critical technologies necessary to support the semiconductor, advanced computing, and supercomputer industries. Our International Trade & Regulatory Group analyzes the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Role of National Security in the U.S.-China Battle Over Foreign Direct Investment

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As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major economic power and competitor, the U.S. has leaned heavily on and enhanced its foreign direct investment regime over recent years to protect its national security...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

BIS Releases New Rules Updating Restrictions on Advanced Computing Chips, Manufacturing Equipment, and Supercomputing Items to...

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On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security (“BIS”) released three rules amending the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to strengthen export controls on advanced computing...more

Perkins Coie

US Tightens AI Chip Exports to China: New Regulations on Semiconductor and Advanced Computing Supply Chain

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The Biden administration recently unveiled a series of export controls targeting the transfer of advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). These strategic measures are...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

BIS Updates October 2022 Semiconductor Export Control Rules

On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released two interim final rules to reinforce and expand controls on (a) advanced semiconductors and related computing items (the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Commerce Imposes Significant New Controls on Advanced Semiconductors

On October 17, 2023, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released three rules amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that significantly build on the October 7, 2022 semiconductor...more

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