Practising Law Institute's Basics of Export Controls 2020

In an age of fast-evolving geopolitical relations, security challenges and sanctions policies, the rules of international trade are affecting U.S. and multinational corporations, financial institutions, investors and even governments as never before. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and now the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) each play an important role in administering and enforcing the intricate web of restrictions governing trade in U.S. products and technologies, the trade-related activities of U.S. parties and the financial transactions that make them possible.

Stephen C. Bartenstein of Covington & Burling LLP and Benjamin J. Cote of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP will discuss:

• The basic elements of the export control regimes administered by BIS and DDTC (20 minutes)

• The various economic sanctions programs administered by OFAC (25 minutes)

• The expanded role of CFIUS (5 minutes)

• Enforcement trends (10 minutes)

For more information and register, please visit the event page.