Export Controls and their National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives

Here is what you will learn

Understand the historical, policy and legal context of export controls and examine what the current debate over export controls is really about.

Learn how export controls work using plain language for non-lawyers and lawyers alike.

Analyze the history and role of multilateral cooperation and options for international cooperation to address contemporary national security issues

Meet Your Expert: Kevin Wolf

Kevin Wolf is a partner in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and a non-Resident Senior Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Mr. Wolf was the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration in the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the Department of Commerce for both terms of the Obama Administration. In this role, he led the administration of the export control, licensing, and other functions of BIS, was one of the primary architects of the Export Control Reform initiative and was a Commerce Department representative to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

Who Is this Content For?

Government Officials

Officials working on international economic security and investment policy and access to emerging commercial technologies, and/or China or Russia specific trade and investment issues.  

People in Business

People responsible for formulating and executing public policy outcomes for their companies with respect to technology, trade, and/or understanding the risk of trade and investment in China and Russia.  

Lawyers and Attorneys

Lawyers and attorney's working on export controls, and inbound and outbound investment restrictions with respect to technology and China. 

Civil Society

People engaged in developing and advocating policy solutions in areas such as export controls, technology and trade and investment relations with China.  

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