Category: Export Compliance Regulations
Export Controls on AI Technology
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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...
U.S. OFAC Cuba Sanctions: Top 4 Things You Need to Know
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. ...
Motivation Behind U.S. Export Controls: Multilateral Agreements
Co-Author, Cynthia Roberts, Senior Consultant at Traliance How many times do export controls compliance leaders hear “Why? That doesn’t make sense”? The simple response is that it doesn’t need to make sense. The U.S. government’s export controls regulations are...well,...
