Aerospace consistently ranks among the top US export industries. American companies sell about $140 billion worth of commercial airliners, satellites, military aircraft, engines, components, and more to customers abroad. At the same time, aerospace is among the industries most affected by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) export controls. Nearly every exporter of aircraft components al...

All participants will receive a questionnaire for use in developing auditing tools! Both State and Commerce Departments recommend and expect regular audits as part of their compliance program guidelines. Despite their negative image, export compliance audits are one of the most effective tools for improving and validating your compliance program. Whenever possible, audits should not be about digging to see how many violations you can find. Ins...

Businesses in the US, UK, EU, and elsewhere need to understand how to minimize risks and maximize opportunities as we examine the current status of Brexit and the pending final outcomes and potential trade deals. Having finally left the European Union, the UK has two top priorities: to negotiate free trade deals with the EU and the United States by the end of the year. The UK has a breathing space until then, in effect continuing to operate as...

Determining your product's export classification is one of the most important steps toward export compliance. How else will you know what restrictions might be on any given international transaction if you have not assigned the correct ECCN or USML Category? This webinar will address the differences behind Commodity Jurisdiction determinations and Commodity Classifications and will help you create effective processes to classify and document p...

Canada is now a “sanctions hawk”. The traditional view that Canadian trade controls are less aggressive than or least similar to their US counterparts is no longer accurate and is causing significant compliance and enforcement challenges for Canadian as well as US companies operating in Canada. Those firms that fail to address fundamental differences in the substance, administration, and enforcement of trade controls north of the b...

Aerospace consistently ranks among the top US export industries. American companies sell about $140 billion worth of commercial airliners, satellites, military aircraft, engines, components, and more to customers abroad. At the same time, aerospace is among the industries most affected by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) export controls. This webinar will focus specifically on determi...

Routed Exports. Need I say more? There are few topics in the export compliance realm that stir more controversy! This is for good reason. The lines of responsibility can be blurry at times, and the differences in regulations can cause even the oldest, saltiest trade compliance professionals to tremble in their loafers. Not to worry – the Census Bureau is aiming to right all the wrongs we have suffered at the hands of regulations that are...

BIS License Application 748P: How to Prepare It and How to Ensure Best Possible Approval Time The BIS form 748P is used for export licenses, re-export licenses, and commodity classifications, among other things. This webinar will include a real-time demonstration of the SNAP-R system. The 748P form is the major feature of the web-based application platform used by BIS, “SNAP-R”. If you are new to the BIS 748P application, you need...

This webinar will focus on the nuts and bolts of the Commerce Department blacklists: The Denied Party, Entity and Unverified Lists. The speaker will review the policy bases for these lists, the restrictions they impose on the listed parties, the compliance obligations they create, what to do if a company learns that it has not complied with these compliance obligations, how to conduct and manage investigations related to these violations, and...

This two-part webinar series is designed for technology start-ups and other privately held smaller companies, their funders, and legal advisors. The program is designed to quickly explain the most important aspects of US export, employment, and investment laws with the most impact on companies that may: Hire non-US persons, including those on student and other temporary visas Have non-US person founders or board members Be potential targets fo...