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Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Developments in Critical Technology Sharing Among the United States and Its Allies: Lessons Learned from Past Experience and New Challenges and Opportunities

Start Date: 9/3/2019 12:00 PM EDT
End Date: 9/3/2019 2:00 PM EDT

Venue Name: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Location:
1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  United States  20036

Organization Name: American Bar Association

Contact:
ABA Section of International Law (ABA SIL)
Email: info@wiit.org
Phone: (202) 662-1000

Doors open at 12:00 noon; Presentation starts at 12:30 pm.
 
A Non-CLE, Brown Bag Program
Proudly Presented by
The ABA Section of International Law (ABA SIL)
In Cooperation With
The D.C. Bar International Law Community, The Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT), and
The Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA)

Since the world-changing events of 9/11, the U.S. Government has made numerous efforts to control critical technology in ways that allow such technology to be exported effectively to U.S. partners while restricting its transfer to U.S. adversaries. Such efforts have ranged from negotiating defense trade treaties with close U.S. allies (e.g., the UK and Australia) that allowed numerous license exemptions to be established under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to undertaking a significant export control reform initiative that resulted in the transfer of thousands of items from the U.S. Munitions List (USML) to the Commerce Control List (CCL) and the expansion or creation of various license exceptions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to facilitate efficient export of goods and technology to U.S. partners (e.g., License Exception STA). Currently, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is determining how to control emerging technologies pursuant to the requirements of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) is considering how to streamline and reform license exemptions in order to make it less onerous for U.S. companies to export ITAR-controlled goods and technology. 

During this program, a panel of current and former BIS and DDTC officials will discuss previous and current export control reform efforts and what challenges for U.S. companies continue to exist and possible solutions that could be used to address them.
 
Speakers:     
Candace Goforth, Managing Director, Goforth Trade Advisors LLC [Former Policy Director at DDTC]
Hillary Hess, Director, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
Christopher Wall, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Kevin Wolf, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
 
Moderators: 
Geoffrey Goodale, Partner, FisherBroyles, LLP [Co-Chair, ABA SIL National Security Committee]
Jonathan Meyer, Attorney-at-Law [Vice Chair, ABA SIL Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee]


Closest Metro: Farragut North, Farragut West, Dupont Circle

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Closed: 9/3/2019 12:45 PM

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