This week, host Tim O'Toole and our guest Roland Stein of the Blomstein law firm in Berlin review trade-related developments in Germany in 2022, particularly with regard to sanctions against Russia. Roadmap: German export controls and sanctions German enforcement agency History of German enforcement pre-Russia IT prohibition Legal services prohibition Price caps Germany's Sanctions Enforcement Act II Germany's draft strategy paper on China ******* Thanks to our guest, Roland Stein, for joining us: https://www.blomstein.com/en/team.php?p=dr-roland-m-stein  Questions? Contact us at p ..read more

Host Tim O'Toole is joined by Stephenson Harwood's Sue Millar to discuss the relatively new price caps on Russian crude oil and the coming price caps on petroleum products in both the U.S. and the U.K. ******* Thanks to our guest, Sue Millar, for joining us: https://www.shlegal.com/en/people/sue-millar  Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com. EMBARGOED! is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts. EMBARGOED! is intelligent talk about sanctions, export controls, and all things international trade for ..read more

Happy New Year from EMBARGOED! In this episode, host Tim O'Toole is once again joined by Doug Jacobson from Jacobson Burton Kelley PLLC, this time to go over 2022's major U.S. export controls developments. They'll cover: Global developments BIS June 30, 2022 Administrative Enforcement Memo December 5, 2022 ITAR Compliance Program Guidelines Notable enforcement cases Country-specific developments Russia: special export controls restrictions, special rules for aircraft China: supercomputer rules ******* Thanks to our guest, Doug Jacobson, for joining us: https://www.jbktradelaw.com ..read more

In this episode, Tim is joined by Kate Yin (Fangda Partners) and Miller & Chevalier's Richard Mojica and Virginia Newman to discuss due diligence and other issues arising from the newly implemented Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The group walks through the basics of the UFLPA, the challenges it creates for U.S. importers, the industries it targets for enforcement, and the rebuttable presumption for items traced to Xinjiang province.  The group then turns to identify concrete steps companies are taking to comply with the UFLPA, including how companies are conducting necessary due ..read more

This week, Tim is joined by Doug Jacobson from Jacobson Burton Kelley PLLC​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ to discuss new export controls related to China that were put out on October 13, 2022. They'll cover: Unverified List and Entity List changes New export controls for certain advanced computing integrated circuits, supercomputer end uses, and Entity List modifications New controls for certain semiconductor manufacturing items and integrated circuits end uses Big changes to the EAR ******* Thanks to our guest, Doug Jacobson, for joining us: https://www.jbktradelaw.com/dou ..read more

On October 24, 2022, President Biden issued an executive order that created infrastructure that could lead to a significant increase in Nicaragua sanctions. In this emergency podcast, Tim is joined by fellow Miller & Chevalier Member Alejandra Montenegro Almonte and Senior Associate Manuel Levitt to discuss the specifics of the new sanctions order, and talk about what that could mean for Nicaragua and the region. ******* Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com. EMBARGOED! is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions ..read more

Tim is joined by Van Doorne's Neyah van der Aa for an in-depth discussion of current EU and Dutch sanctions enforcement. They'll touch on the new EU facilitation provision and the new EU limitation on legal services to Russia.  In the lightning round, we're back to crypto with Bittrex. Roadmap: EU sanctions enforcement Dutch sanctions enforcement New EU facilitation provision What does it mean Challenges Blocking statute New EU Limitation on legal services to Russia Governing law out of EU will that work for divestment? Lighting Round: Bittrex ******* Thanks to our guest, Neyah van d ..read more

And we're back! Tim and guest Tom Stocker of Pinsent Masons in Edinburgh discuss recent and forthcoming Russia sanctions developments in the U.S. and U.K. Roadmap: Russia sanctions and multilateralism U.K. enforcement post-Brexit generally and how it could/has affected Russia sanctions enforcement Price caps!  Sept. 2 G7 Agreement and OFAC guidance Quantum computing sanctions Lightning round Russian countermeasures update: Novation of contracts, payments through SDN banks, forced sales Predictions about energy-related sanctions  Predictions about financial institution sanctions ..read more

EMBARGOED! is going on hiatus for August and will be back in September with a new format. In the meantime, check out our back catalog and keep up to date with our trade alerts on millerchevalier.com. ******* Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com. EMBARGOED! is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts. EMBARGOED! is intelligent talk about sanctions, export controls, and all things international trade for trade nerds and normal human beings alike. Each episode will feature deep thoughts and hot takes about ..read more

In a landmark EMBARGOED! episode (our 50th!), Brian and Tim start with a Russia roundup to discuss the latest actions from OFAC, BIS, and DOJ. Next, they pivot to Cuba and discuss recent changes to the CACR and debate the likely impact. Finally, Brian and Tim cover the latest news out of Iran and prognosticate, once again, whether JCPOA 2.0 is dead or just on life support. ******** Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com. EMBARGOED! is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts. EMBARGOED! is intelligent tal ..read more