Technology Export Controls

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Technology Export Controls: How U.S. export rules on telecommunications, computers, semiconductors, and cloud services impact your business

SPEAKER: FELICE LAIRD | TRADE COMPLIANCE CONSULTANT, AUDITOR, AND EDUCATOR

This 60-minute webinar will provide a high-level overview and action plan for U.S. and multinational companies that make or use telecommunications hardware and software, general purpose computers and servers, high performance computers, edge devices, data centers, and cloud-based solutions.

Topics to be discussed include:

Summary of current controls in:
- CCL Category 3 (Semiconductors)
- CCL Category 4 (Computers)
- CCL Category 5 (Telecommunications and Information Security)
Hot topics
- Encryption
- Chips to China
- Cloud Services and High-Performance Computing Security
- Entity List Technology Companies
Identifying risk: Do these rules affect my business?
Mitigating risk: What policies and procedures should be established to ensure compliance with CCL-based and end-user controls involving technology items?
How to identify internal technical resources to support classification efforts
How to deal with 3rd party suppliers

This technical training webinar is intended for trade compliance professionals as well as senior executives familiar with the Export Administration Regulations and the commodity classification process.

Participants will be given a chance to ask questions during the live event.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Felice Laird has over 25 years of experience helping companies comply with the US Export Administration and International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Her work involves assisting companies and outside counsel with jurisdiction, classification, and licensing decisions to ensure compliance with US trade regulations. She is a recognized subject matter expert in encryption export controls and has decades of experience helping both large and small firms navigate the complex export restrictions on data security technologies, telecommunications equipment and software, and semiconductors. As the US Government has increased its authority in overseeing foreign investment in the United States, Felice has been a resource to the legal community on technical matters in the context of M&A and in-bound foreign investments. In addition to consulting work, Felice provides training to the community designed to make practitioners self-sufficient in understanding and interpreting US government regulations.

FELICE LAIRD