Jones Day Talks: Italy Embraces Foreign investment but Maintains Oversight
The recent sentencing of Israeli freight forwarder Gal Haimovich to two years in federal prison for violations of U.S. export controls serves as a striking example of the aggressive enforcement posture adopted by U.S....more
On December 1, 2024, two key components of China’s export control regime took effect: the “Regulations on Export Control of Dual-Use Items” (“DIR”) and the “Export Control List of Dual-Use Items” (the “Dual-Use Items List”)....more
The evolution of critical and emerging technologies continues to affect how the United States and its international allies and partners uniformly protect against national security threats. For industry, the strengthening of...more
On September 30, 2024, China’s State Council issued the Regulations on the Export Control of Dual-use Items (the “Regulations”), which will take effect on December 1, 2024. This marks the first time the Chinese government has...more
China has issued the Regulation on Export Control of Dual-Use Items (the “Regulation”), which will take effect on December 1, 2024. The Regulation aims to provide clearer guidance for export control authorities’ law...more
The new export control regulations consolidate existing dual-use items export control regulations and aim to regulate the export of goods, technologies and services that can be used for both civilian and military purposes. ...more
Based on consistent comments by the US Congress, think tanks, and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, several members of Congress proposed legislation to shift jurisdiction for export controls from Commerce...more
Key Points - On 11 June 2021 the European Union (the “EU”) published Regulation (EU) 2021/821 (the “Recast Regulation”) in its Official Journal, which marked the final step with respect to modernizing its existing dual use...more
Italy is ranked one of the top destinations for investment in the European union. Still, the Italian government wields the authority to review, and even prevent, investments by foreign entities seeking assets in certain...more
On August 13, 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019. A key focus of legislation contained in the NDAA is to protect U.S. technological...more