Join us at our flagship Annual Compliance Conference 2026, comprising a series of six global webinars. The conference – taking place against the background of ongoing geopolitical turbulence – will provide you with global insights on international trade (sanctions, export controls and tariffs) policy and enforcement developments; anti-bribery and corruption and wider economic crime trends; cybercrime trends and risk mitigation; competition enforcement trends; and circular economy regulatory developments. During the webinar series, you will hear…
On 9 April 2026, the UK Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) announced that, from 27 April 2026, it will assume responsibility for licensing the export of sanctioned goods (and associated ancillary services) to sanctioned destinations (see here). Such licence applications will continue to be made and processed via the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) SPIRE system. The change will add to OTSI’s existing responsibilities for licensing sanctioned standalone services (for example professional business…
What’s new in 2026? Important amendments to Hungarian Government Decree no. 13/2011 (“Decree”) on the authorization of trade in dual-use items have entered into force. Together with Regulation (EU) 2021/821, which establishes the Union regime for controlling the export, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items, the Decree forms the foundation of the national legal framework governing dual-use product export controls. Main changes On 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026, the following…
Following months of negotiations and feints, on November 1, 2025, the United States and China reached a trade and economic agreement during bilateral discussions held in the Republic of Korea. The agreement outlines a series of reciprocal measures intended to address trade flows and market access between the two countries. The negotiations had already yielded significant rapprochement between the two countries, including the one-year suspension, as of November 10, 2025, of the “Affiliates Rule,” which…