INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
International Trade Law Articles
Customs classification, export controls, sanctions, and the compliance work that keeps cross-border business moving.
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Sanctions Compliance for Aerospace & Defense
Sanctions compliance in aerospace and defense means managing three overlapping regimes at once — OFAC sanctions, the ITAR, and the EAR — because a single part, …
Sanctions Compliance for Healthcare Organizations
Sanctions compliance for a healthcare organization means screening everyone you pay, employ, or contract with against the federal restricted-party lists — and …
Sanctions Compliance in Mergers and Acquisitions
In an acquisition, you can inherit the target’s sanctions violations — so addressing sanctions compliance means doing real OFAC due diligence before …
Sanctions Compliance in the Insurance Industry
An insurer manages sanctions risk by screening every party to a policy — the insured, the beneficiary, the broker, and the claimant — against OFAC’s …
Sanctions Compliance Metrics: A KPI Checklist
Sanctions compliance metrics are the measurable indicators that tell you whether your program is actually working — not just whether it exists on paper. OFAC …
Sanctions Compliance Officer: Role & Checklist
A sanctions compliance officer is the person an exporter designates to own its OFAC compliance program — the one with the authority, resources, and independence …
Sanctions Compliance Officer: Roles & Duties
A sanctions compliance officer owns the company’s OFAC risk end to end — they design the screening and controls, decide what gets escalated, keep the …
Sanctions Compliance Program Checklist
A sanctions compliance program is the set of policies, controls, and people that keeps your business from dealing with sanctioned parties — and OFAC says an …
Sanctions Compliance Program KPIs: What to Measure
The most defensible way to measure a sanctions compliance program is against the five pillars OFAC itself uses to judge one: management commitment, risk …
Sanctions Compliance Red Flags to Watch For
A sanctions compliance red flag is a fact about a deal that, on its own, is not proof of wrongdoing but is common enough in evasion that it should make you stop …
Sanctions Compliance Risk in M&A Transactions
In a merger or acquisition, sanctions compliance is a deal-level risk because the buyer can inherit the target’s liability for violations that happened …
Sanctions Compliance Stakeholder Management
Compliance stakeholder management is the work of identifying everyone who has a role in sanctions compliance — from the board to front-line staff to outside …
Sanctions Compliance Training Checklist
Sanctions compliance training is how a written policy reaches the people who actually run transactions — and documented attendance is the proof that it did. …
Sanctions Compliance Training for Your Team
Sanctions compliance training teaches the people who touch your transactions — sales, operations, finance, logistics, and leadership — the rules that keep your …
Sanctions Compliance Training That Works
An effective sanctions compliance training program is role-based, recurring, and tied to the actual red flags your staff will see — not a once-a-year slide deck …
Sanctions Compliance: How to Assess and Manage Risk
You assess and manage sanctions compliance by building a risk-based program around the five components OFAC laid out in its 2019 Framework for OFAC Compliance …
Sanctions Due Diligence Checklist: A Guide
Sanctions due diligence is the set of checks you run on a specific customer, vendor, or transaction before you do business — screen the parties against …
Sanctions Escalation Process: A Practical Guide
A sanctions escalation process is the written path that moves a red flag from the employee who spots it to the person with authority to freeze the transaction …
Sanctions Exam & Audit Prep Checklist
To prepare for a sanctions audit or an OFAC inquiry, assemble the records that prove your program works — your risk assessment, written policies, screening …
Sanctions Incident Response Checklist
When a possible sanctions violation surfaces, the first moves are to stop the conduct, preserve the records, investigate the facts, and get counsel involved …
