On the Connect on Tech blog, Justine Phillips, Sylwia Lis, and Alex Lamy have published a post about export control considerations that companies should keep in mind when managing cyber incidents and data exfiltration. The blog, “Cyber Transparency, Risk & Sanctions: How Cyber Incidents Give Rise to Export Control Issues,” can be found here.
As noted in our previous blog post, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) is expected to promulgate regulations requiring companies to report technology transfers in fields where Japan has an advantage that other countries are interested in matching to METI in advance. The Ministry’s Subcommittee on Security Trade Control under the Division on Commerce and Trade of the Industrial Structure Council issued an interim report on March 24 outlining the specifics of the…
For the second week of our Annual Compliance Conference, we discussed key trade compliance issues impacting our clients globally. Specifically, we discussed the trade policy response of the US, EU and U.K. to ever increasing geopolitical disruption, global strategies for handling sanctions regulators and enforcement, and key global sanctions and export controls developments. Trade policy response to geopolitical disruption – China and beyond Tuesday 7 May SPEAKERS: Tristan Grimmer (Partner, London), Sylwia Lis (Partner, Washington…
On May 2, 2024, the Ministry of Trade of Türkiye announced on its official X account that Türkiye implements complete export and import restriction against Israel effective immediately. This decision was made following the export restriction imposed on April 9, 2024 by Türkiye against Israel targeting 54 product groups, such as electric panels, aluminum wires, cement, sulfur, ceramics, marble, varnishes, and mineral fertilizers. The announcement of the Ministry of Trade can be reviewed on the official…