On July 23, the White House unveiled its much-anticipated AI Action Plan, followed the same day by an Executive Order on “Promoting The Export of the American AI Technology Stack.” Following our earlier post considering the Action Plan from a multi-practice standpoint (US AI Vision in Action: What Businesses Need to Know About the White House AI Action Plan – Connect On Tech), this update focuses on the key export control provisions in the Action…
On February 24, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) within the US Commerce Department (“Commerce”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) effective immediately that implements a sweeping series of new export control measures under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) against Russia. Commerce’s press release regarding these new controls can be found here. These new US export control measures primarily target Russia’s defense, aerospace, and maritime sectors and are intended to curtail Russia’s ability…