During this practical discussion, attendees will be invited to benchmark and compare notes via a user-friendly digital polling system. The questions and discussion will focus on practical challenges that are most likely to come across your desk.

Legal:

• The ECL came into effect on Dec. 1, 2020: How the restrictions on exports of dual-use and military products will play out in practice
• When and for what products are licenses required under the ECL
• Chinese authorities’ investigative powers
• What constitutes an export violation, and what can trigger penalties

In-House:

• Concrete examples of how to apply the new export control law in practice
• The biggest challenges to complying with the law-and how to overcome them
• How industry is managing the interplay between geopolitics and export compliance:
• The US-China trade war and what we can expect from a Biden administration
• The status of Hong Kong and the concomitant implications for industry operating in the U.S. and China