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Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan to Promote the U.S. AI Industry Through Deregulation, Expanded Infrastructure, and Diplomacy

Alston & Bird on 8/4/2025

Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team breaks down the three “pillars” of the Trump Administration’s AI action plan to foster innovation and growth domestically and abroad in the U.S. artificial intelligence sector....more

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

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 9/23/2024

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

Latest Updates in Trade Controls for the Tech Sector

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/22/2024

Melissa Duffy and Trevor Coval contributed their thought leadership to the American Conference Institute’s 14th Annual Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls Conference, held in San Francisco on May 14-16. Melissa...more

U.S. Congress Mandates Wide Range Of Sanctions In Ukraine, Israel, And Taiwan Aid Bill

K2 Integrity on 5/14/2024

On 24 April 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815, “Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2024, and for Other Purposes” (the Act). The long-awaited piece of legislation...more

France announces new export controls on semi-conductors and quantum equipment and technology

Hogan Lovells on 2/15/2024

As of 1 March 2024, a licence will be required to export technologies relating to quantum computers, and advanced electronic components such as semiconductors, from France to non-EU countries....more

2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Business Implications From China’s Weakened Economy

J.S. Held on 2/9/2024

After 30 years of extraordinary growth, China’s economy – the world’s second largest – appears to be entering a new phase of slower expansion. The real estate sector – which accounts for around one-third of Chinese GDP and...more

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

A&O Shearman on 11/15/2023

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

Escalation of U.S. Crackdown on Chinese Technology and Telecoms: Emerging Issues

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/31/2023

In recent years, the U.S. has pursued a whole-of-government approach to target Chinese technology and service providers in furtherance of foreign policy and national security objectives....more

[Event] European Forum on Global Economic Sanctions - June 1st - 2nd, Berlin, Germany

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 5/1/2023

Hosted by C5 Group, the European Forum on Global Economic Sanctions is recognized as Europe's Premier, longstanding gathering for financial institutions and global exporters. The industry across Europe is confronting an...more

Global trends in government scrutiny of semiconductor transactions: an overview of recent cases

A&O Shearman on 4/3/2023

The semiconductor industry is based on a highly specialized supply chain where no one country or region dominates both design and manufacturing. This has created an industry where collaboration is global in nature. This...more

The Great Wall of China – Increasing Difficulty in Doing Business with China

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 11/10/2022

In recent months, the tightrope Israel has been walking between its desire for cooperation with China and its commitment to maintaining normal relations with the United States has been stretched even further. The Israeli...more

Bureau of Industry and Security Announces Expanded Semiconductor Controls and Foreign Direct Product Rules

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 10/13/2022

Over the last several weeks, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has telegraphed sweeping, new controls on U.S. exports to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) pertaining to tools and technologies that support advanced...more

[Virtual Conference] U.S.-China Trade Controls - September 20th, 10:00 am - 5:15 pm EDT

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 7/15/2021

Industry's Annual Forum on MEU and MIEU Rules, New Legislation, Data Transfers and Emerging Technology Rules - ACI’s 3rd Virtual U.S.-China Trade Controls Conference will take place September 20, 2021, in a virtual format....more

Commerce Bans Exports to Dozens of Companies, Including Chinese Semiconductor, Drone Manufacturers

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/22/2020

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it has added Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), drone manufacturer DJI, and dozens of other companies...more

China Expands Export Controls for Certain Technologies

White & Case LLP on 9/5/2020

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) published Notification No. 38/2020 dated August 28, 2020 announcing a new version of the Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or...more

BIS Issues Rules on the Scope of Entity List Restrictions and Significantly Limits Activities Involving Huawei

White & Case LLP on 8/30/2020

On August 17, 2020, the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two final rules that expand the scope of licensing requirements for transactions involving parties on the Entity List. Both rules...more

Commerce Adopts Export Controls on Artificial Intelligence Software for Geospacial Imagery – Controls on Additional Technologies...

Williams Mullen on 1/27/2020

On January 6, 2020 the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) within the Commerce Department adopted export licensing requirements on certain artificial intelligence software used to automate the analysis of geospatial...more

U.S. Department Of Commerce Imposes Immediate Export Controls On Artificial Intelligence Software Used To Automatically Detect And...

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/10/2020

On January 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to place new restrictions on the export of...more

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