On January 12, 2026, the US House of Representatives passed the Remote Access Security Act (H.R. 2683), which would amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (“ECRA”) to authorize the extension of existing export controls to the remote access of US goods, software, or technology, if a determination is made that “the use of the item could pose a serious risk to the national security or foreign policy of the United States.” The House…
Global Affairs Canada recently issued Notice to Exporters No. 1159 codifying its longstanding positions on controlled technology and Cloud computing. Historically, Canadian exporters have relied on Advisory Opinions to confirm the application of Canada’s export controls to Cloud computing and while this Notice provides long overdue public guidance on this issue, substantive guidance on SasS is noticeably absent. What Exporters Need to Know The Guidance A key issue facing Technology Holders relying on the Cloud…
Several updates were made to Japan’s export controls in November. Companies are advised to consider the relevance of the new regulations and ensure that appropriate steps are taken to comply with them. 1. Addition of certain items related to peptide, refractory metal powders and field-programmable logic devices, etc. to the List Control items To reflect agreements reached at the international export control regime meetings, the following items have been added to Appended Table 1 of…
The EU and UK have recently updated their respective lists of items subject to dual-use export controls, introducing important changes covering emerging technologies. In this blog post, we summarise the key updates under both the EU and UK regimes, and we highlight key steps that exporters can take in response to the changes. EU updates to the EU Dual-Use Regulation On 14 November 2025, the EU published Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2003, amending Annex I of…