International Trade Compliance Update

Join us on October 19 (ET), October 20 (CST) 2021 for a virtual event held jointly by Fangda Partners (China) and McDermott Will & Emery (US and Europe).  In this webinar we will be focusing on recent international trade compliance updates, including US and EU export controls issues, US trade sanctions, Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies and Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (AFSL) of China, held jointly by Fangda Partners (China) and McDermott Will & Emery (US and Europe).

Topics: 

1. Emerging Export Control Issues

• The trend on US’s enhanced controls on export of emerging and foundational technology controls and the impact to Chinese companies; Trend of enforcement by Biden Administration
• Increased control targeting MEUs in China: the specific rules on MEU/how to identify MEUs/the trend on regulating export to MEUs in China
• Recent updates of the new EU export control regulation

2. General and Special Sanctions in the US

• Analysis of President’s executive orders – Trumps’ decisions and Biden’s new Administration reviews
• Use of US secondary sanctions to reach Chinese companies
• Recent special sanctions – what are the Xinjiang-related sanctions and how it may affect Chinese companies’ business

3. Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies list

4. Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of PRC

• How the laws are relevant to multinational companies?
• The potential conflicts between the US sanction and export control laws with the AFSL
• Guidance to multinational companies

Followed by a Q&A session.