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In Export Controls

Commerce Department Issues Proposed Rule to Amend ICTS Supply Chain Regulations to Address Connected Software Applications

December 20, 2021 by Bart M. McMillan and Alex Lamy 1 Min Read

On November 26, 2021, the Commerce Department of Commerce published a Proposed Rule that would amend its Interim Final Rule on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (“ICTS Regulations”) to specifically address connected software applications. The Proposed Rule would make changes prompted by Executive Order 14034 (“EO 14034”) to the ICTS Regulations. We previously blogged about the ICTS Regulations here, here, and here. The Commerce Department is seeking public comments on the Proposed Rule by December 27, 2021.…

In Human Rights

US Government Warns Businesses of Human Rights Risks in Supply Chain in Xinjiang, China

July 14, 2020 by John M. Foote, Bart M. McMillan, Maria Sergeyeva and Meghan Hamilton 5 Mins Read

Note that this post originally appeared on Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions and Export Controls Update blog. On July 1, 2020, the US Department of State, jointly with the US Department of Treasury, the US Department of Commerce, and the US Department of Homeland Security, issued an advisory (the “Advisory”) to caution US businesses about the risks of supply chain links to entities that allegedly engage in human rights abuses including the forced labor of Uyghurs, ethnic…