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China Law Insight
对日本半导体出口管制新规征求意见稿的思考
By King & Wood
作者：刘新宇 郭欢 李佳 陈起超 张波 余茜茜 2023年3月31日，日本经济产业省（The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry）公布了《对<出口贸易管理令>附表一及<外汇令>附表指定的货物或技术进行规定的省令进行部分修改的省令草案》以及相关通知修正案的征求意见稿，拟扩大出口前需由经济产业大臣（Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry）事先批准的尖端芯片制造设备范围，并广泛征求意见，截止日期为2023年4月29日。 此前同样针对半导体领域，2022年10月7日，美国商务部工业和安全局（BIS）发布了先进计算及半导体新规，对中国先进半导体产品、软件、技术实施更加严格的出口管制措施。据媒体报道，美国在此后一直试图游说荷兰、日本等半导体制造设备出口大国共同限制中国获取先进半导体生产设备，希望以此来抑制中国半导体产业及先进计算工业的发展。荷兰政府也于2023年3月8日表示，计划对半导体芯片技术出口实施新的限制，以保护国家安全，有关限制措施据说将在夏季之前出台。 在此背景下，本次新规一经公布便引起了社会各界的广泛关注和高度重视，尤其是相关半导体企业、行业协会及专业媒体等也从多角度进行了许多分析论述。在本次新规的征求意见即将于4月29日截止之际，本文拟从法律角度展开相关分析，并提出一些实务上的思考。 阅读更多
Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog
Foreign Filing Licenses – An Overlooked Pitfall of Last Minute Patent Filings
Patent applications are often filed at the last minute. Priority considerations force the application to be filed expeditiously to avoid statutory bars or catastrophic public disclosure issues. But filing too…
International Trade Insights
BIS Levies Record Penalty for Export Control Violations related to Huawei Shipments
By Cortney Morgan, Grant Leach, Eric Dama (Former Husch Blackwell Attorney), Emily Mikes
Recently, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced the issuance of a $300 million penalty against Seagate Technology LLC and its Singapore affiliate, Seagate Singapore…
The Trade Practitioner
DDTC revises USML Category XI
On April 27, 2023, the U.S. Department of State published an Interim final rule and request for comments to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to “remove from…
International Compliance Blog
A Carrot and a Stick: BIS Clarifies Policy on Self-Disclosures and Whistleblowing
By Ryan Pereira, Peter Jeydel, Brian Fleming, Wendy Wysong, Meredith Rathbone
On April 18, 2023, Matthew Axelrod, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), issued a memorandum outlining two important changes to…
Global Trade Law Blog
Technology Protection is a Core National Security Priority: BIS Strengthens Its Policy on Disclosures
Recently, the Department of Commerce issued a memo, emphasizing that “technology protection is a core national security priority” and how companies that choose not to disclose significant violations of export…
SmarTrade
Commerce Issues Policy Memo to Incentivize More Disclosures of Export Violations
By Aaron C. Mandelbaum, Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma
To increase disclosures of export violations, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a memorandum on April 18, 2023 “clarifying” its enforcement policy related to voluntary…
Global Trade Law Blog
Don’t Let the Government Name, Shame, and Fine You – Export Controls Do NOT Excuse Hiring Discrimination
By Lisa Mays, Greg Berk, J. Scott Maberry, Reid Whitten
When can an employer use the “national security exception” under U.S. anti-discrimination law to make a hiring decision based on the national origin of the candidate? An often overlooked area…
The Trade Practitioner
BIS Issues Proposed Rule for Section 1758 Technology Export Controls on Instruments for the Automated Chemical Synthesis of Peptides
On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register (88 Fed. Reg 24341) a Proposed Rule to implement export…
Government Contracts Navigator
Exporters Take Note: The Commerce Department Really, Really Wants You to Disclose Suspected Violations of the EAR—Both Yours, and Your Competitors’ Too
Justin A. Chiarodo and Anthony Rapa ● We wrote earlier this year about the growing web of regulation and enforcement attention around export controls. In another key development in this area,…