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Between tariffs, tightening export controls, evolving sanctions, and ramped up enforcement, the cost and complexity of compliance is rising for oil and gas supply chains. ACI’s Trade & Sanctions Compliance for the Oil and...more
Looking for something more advanced than your average export controls conference? Go beyond the basics at ACI’s 2nd Annual Advanced Forum on Global Export Controls. This premier event offers cutting-edge insights and...more
Our International Trade & Regulatory Group discusses the latest U.S. export controls on China’s advanced computing, supercomputer, and semiconductor sectors....more
The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Dec. 2, 2024, issued a Final Rule, "Additions and Modifications to the Entity List; Removals From the Validated End-User (VEU) Program" (Final Rule), and an Interim Final Rule...more
On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced two interim final rules (collectively, the “December 2024 Rules”) (“Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently issued significant new export controls under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) aimed at further restricting semiconductor...more
Background - On December 2, 2024, BIS announced two new rules under the EAR targeting the PRC’s ability to produce “advanced-node” semiconductors, including advanced-node integrated circuits (ICs), which can be used in...more
On December 2, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule expanding and refining the scope of the Entity List (the “Entity List FR”), as well as an interim final rule building upon the China chip...more
On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) adopted yet another round of amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to curb advances by the People’s Republic...more
On December 2, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released its third round of export controls primarily targeting China’s attempts to create an “independent and controllable”...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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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