Sanctions enforcement is intensifying globally, with authorities expanding their toolkits and increasing cross-border cooperation. This session explored key developments in sanctions enforcement in the US, UK, EU and Turkey and the implications of these for the progression of civil and criminal investigations. This session first examined key developments in enforcement infrastructure and penalties frameworks across the different jurisdictions. This included the EU’s push for harmonisation, the UK’s new body for the enforcement of trade sanctions…

Geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions between China and the US remain high. This session explored the use of export control and other national security measures by competing regimes, drawing on perspectives from the US, China, the EU, the UK, Japan, and Taiwan. The session began with an overview of US national security policies towards China and recent efforts to regulate the flow of capital and data. This was followed by insights from China on retaliatory measures,…