As global economic and geopolitical environments enter a new era, companies need to continuously develop and adjust their coherent global business strategies to secure and further expand business opportunities in all markets...more
During 2023 both Congress and the Biden Administration repeatedly expressed the need to secure critical supply chains, particularly batteries that rely heavily on lithium and critical minerals sourced from China. Concerns...more
Join Braumiller Law Group Senior Counsel Bruce Leeds for the second presentation in a monthly series regarding Hot Topics in International Trade Compliance Forced Labor/Slave Labor/Uyghur Labor - The latest on human rights...more
ACI’s highly anticipated Proficiency Series provides true immersion in the EAR with the objective of becoming proficient in four weeks. Join virtually from September 12 – October 5, 2023! Advance your career and...more
On October 7, 2022, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released two rules implementing new export controls on advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items in addition to new...more
The U.S. effort to further curtail China’s access to critical technologies necessary to support its semiconductor, advanced computing, and supercomputer industries is roiling supply chains and threatening companies’ revenues....more
On September 9, 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS or Commerce) published a rule, sought by tech and telecom companies, and industry organizations, authorizing the release of certain...more
These targeted restrictions present a pressing need for U.S. solar and electronics companies to evaluate their supply chain for critical inputs and monitor subsequent U.S. Customs Border Patrol ("CBP") forced labor...more
On April 8, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added seven Chinese supercomputer firms and organizations to its Entity List, the agency’s principal export sanctions list. BIS alleges...more
On December 1, 2020, China's Export Control Law ("ECL") took effect. Prior to the ECL, China's export control regime was scattered across multiple laws, regulations, and guidelines enforced by an array of government...more
For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more
There is a risk that garments made from cotton produced by XPCC could be subject to a Customs and Border Protection withhold release orders. Fashion and luxury goods companies need to be concerned about the recent...more
Supply chain, end use, and human rights–related sanctions, export controls, and Entity List designations target public and private entities in China. Human rights–related designations - The US government has...more
- The U.S. Department of Commerce has published a highly complex and novel interim final rule extending the controls of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) over foreign-made items in Huawei’s contract manufacturing...more
On May 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to prohibit the supply of certain foreign-produced...more
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (“NDAA 2020”), which includes numerous sanctions-related provisions. The law includes the previously introduced...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce is considering tightening export controls in two major ways. The changes are aimed at choking off supplies to Huawei, but the move could impact a wide range of commercial transactions for all...more
On August 19, 2019, the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced that it has added 46 additional Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (However, although these restrictions make it harder for U.S....more
On August 19, 2019, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) continued its actions restricting access by Huawei and certain of its non-US affiliates to goods, software and technology that are subject...more
More Huawei Affiliates Added - Effective August 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 46 more non-U.S. affiliates of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. of China (collectively...more
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has added Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and 68 of its Chinese and global non-US affiliates (the Huawei Group) to the BIS Entity List. ...more
• On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a 90-day Temporary General License (TGL) authorizing limited categories of exports, reexports, or transfers that are otherwise prohibited pursuant to the addition...more
On May 16, 2019, a sweeping U.S. export control rule went into effect that will impact the U.S. tech industry, but may also create an outsized risk for non-U.S. manufacturers. The rule, issued by the U.S. Department of...more
The Trump Administration announced last week that the US Government has added Huawei to the Commerce Department Entity List and, as of May 20, 2019, has announced a temporary general license for certain transactions. Here is...more
Maintaining a global supply chain brings its share of commercial, financial, and regulatory risks. Increasingly, telecommunications companies with global operations and suppliers are finding that U.S. trade control laws...more