Author: Jennifer Saak

Export Controls on AI Technology

09/02/2025

Export controls on AI are moving fast. In this latest 5-minute Traliance Talks video, we break down: The AI Diffusion Rule and the subsequent non-enforcement announcement The Executive Order/Federal Register notice on “Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology...

Unilateral Controls: When the US Government Does Its Own Thing

08/13/2025

By Cynthia Roberts, Senior Consultant The Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) include many different items in its Commerce Control List (“CCL”), which are subject to special restrictions. Some of the listed goods, software, and technologies are export-controlled in many countries around...

Unleash the Power of AI for Export Classification Determination…or Maybe Not Yet

03/03/2025

With the January 2025 announcement of China’s generative AI tool, DeepSeek, and the attention that it brought to the AI industry in the US, the engineer in me got curious and wanted to run an experiment. I wanted to answer...

Export Controls Training and Research Security Programs

02/15/2023

Lead Author: Allen A. DiPalma, Senior Consultant at Traliance Background: NSPM-33 Starting in January 2021 with the release of National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33), the federal government set in motion a coordinated approach to improving research security within the...

U.S. Export Administration Regulations: They Cover More Foreign-Made Products Than You Might Think

11/10/2022

Co-Author, Cynthia Roberts, Senior Consultant at Traliance Export controls trivia time! Which of the following reasons is sufficient to exclude an item from coverage under U.S. export control regulations? A) The item is not located in the U.S. B) The...

6 Things to Know About the China Export Controls (Part 2 of 2)

07/21/2022

Amid heightened geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, we are devoting two articles to helping the academic and research organizations dissect 6 of the essential items under the new U.S. export controls related to China. In Part 1,...

6 Things to Know About China Export Controls (Part 1 of 2)

05/18/2022

The past couple of years have been tumultuous for U.S.-Sino relations, affecting export controls compliance needs and beyond. 2020 was a year that reshaped the political landscape between the U.S. and China. The Trump administration took no less than 210 public...

Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine-Related Export Controls and Sanctions: 7 Things to Know

04/07/2022

The U.S. and its allies have enforced the broadest package of sanctions and export controls on Russia, Belarus, and two occupied regions in Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk) to stop the invasion of Ukraine. The U.S., U.K., and the European Union...

Export Controls, Contracts, and Lemonade

08/11/2021

Co-Author, Allen A. DiPalma, Senior Consultant at Traliance Lemonade and summertime. They go hand-in-hand like the export controls regulations and contract terms. Many people likely find it more relaxing to sit down with a cool glass of lemonade on a...

U.S. OFAC Cuba Sanctions: Top 4 Things You Need to Know

05/12/2021

This article is about an unusual combination: sanctions and optimism. I am focusing on economic sanctions with optimism that international travel and international research endeavors will rebound when the world can look at the COVID pandemic in the rearview mirror. ...