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46th Global Year-End Review of Import/Export & Trade Compliance Developments Conference

November 18-20, 2025

Join us online for the 46th Virtual Global Year-End Review of Import/Export & Trade Compliance Developments Conference, a multi-panel webinar series featuring expert insights on key global trade topics.

This three-day online series features nine substantive sessions (three each day) designed to help you navigate the evolving trade landscape. Join our international trade compliance lawyers from around the world for in-depth discussions on sanctions and export controls, imports and customs compliance, enforcement, global and regional regulatory developments and more!

This virtual event will be preceded by an exclusive in-person forum in Santa Clara, California on Thursday, November 13, focused on Trade Policy in an Era of Geoeconomics, Tariff Wars & National Security Risks. To learn more and register for the in-person forum, please visit our Trade Policy in an Era of Geoeconomics, Tariff Wars & National Security Risks page.

 


Webinar Panels event details

Date: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday November 18-20, 2025
Time: Three sessions daily, 8:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm Pacific Time. Check the time in your location.
Format: Zoom

 

Questions?

For questions, please contact Anna Discutido.

CLE, CPE, CPD, CCS, MCS, CES, MES Credits Pending

**Detailed agenda will be released in the coming weeks**



Tuesday, November 18 | Day One

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Global Sanctions Developments and Trends
8:30 – 9:45 am PT

This session focuses on key sanctions developments, trends and associated practical business impacts across the US, EU and UK, including the latest on Russia-related sanctions, the snapback of Iran sanctions, relaxation of Syria sanctions, developments relating to Venezuela and Israel/Gaza, shifting sanctions policies and targets and regulator expectations.

SPEAKERS: Alison Stafford Powell, Janet Kim, Alexandre Lamy, Ben Smith, Olof König


Export Control Developments in the US, EU and UK
12:30-1:45 pm PT

This session will discuss key national and regional export control proposals and actions across the US, EU and UK, including coping with the expansive BIS Affiliate Rule, the status of the AI Diffusion Rule and semiconductor controls, regulator expectations around the foreign direct product rule and the impact on supply chains, licensing policies and processes, increased unilateral EU and UK export controls, as well as updates on national security-related export-adjacent controls (ICTS, connected vehicles and biosecurity).

SPEAKERS: John McKenzie, Alison Stafford Powell, Lise Test, Andrew Rose, Olof Forssell


China's Trade, Tariff and Export Control Developments and Responses to the US-China Trade War
3:00 - 4:15 pm PT

Our China team will both provide an update on China's implementation of its export control regime and delve into China's increased use of various different trade-related tools to respond to escalating US and other country geopolitical tensions through tariff retaliations, rare earth element export bans, "is-informed" letters, new penalties and enforcement trends, as well as China's semiconductor anti-dumping investigation.

SPEAKERS: John McKenzie, Frank Pan, Vivian Wu, Tina Li, Ivy Tan

 
 

 


Wednesday, November 19 | Day Two

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The Latest on US Tariffs, Tariff Mitigation, Tariff-related Litigation, and What Comes Next
8:30 – 9:45 am PT

Our US customs team will touch on the current state of affairs in the ongoing tariff wars from a US perspective, then focus on practical business implications and offensive/defensive strategies for companies, including how tariff stacking works, transhipment rules, what to expect after the November Supreme Court hearings challenging the IEEPA-based tariffs, section 232 investigations, tariff mitigation strategies, China-related actions and the USMCA renewal.

SPEAKERS: John McKenzie, Chandri Navarro, Christine Streatfeild, Eunkyung Kim Shin, Patrick de Lapérouse


The Global Response to US Tariffs – Perspectives from Canada, Mexico, UK, EU, China and APAC
12:30-1:45 pm PT

Following the earlier US tariff session, this next session will switch the focus to the global response to US tariffs with our global customs team delving into the US trade agreements reached with the UK and EU and what those might herald for businesses in the ongoing negotiations with other countries, as well as responses from Mexico, Canada and China, local country of origin rule enforcement, incentives and protective measures and retaliation.

SPEAKERS: John McKenzie, Jennifer Revis, Adriana Ibarra-Fernandez, Ivy Tan, Frank Pan, Jing Xu


Global Enforcement Trends and Investigations
3:00 - 4:15 pm PT

This session focuses on global trade-related enforcement, including insights on the current DOJ's enforcement priorities and practices, learnings from recent enforcement cases, the increased focus on customs and trade fraud, EU and UK enforcement policy reviews and the shift towards criminalization across the EU Member States, voluntary disclosure considerations and recommended best practices in dealing with current regulators.

SPEAKERS: Alison Stafford Powell, Rod Rosenstein, Kerry Contini, Tristan Grimmer, Terence Gilroy, Patrick de Lapérouse

 
 

 


Thursday, November 20 | Day Three

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Middle East Trade Developments, Including Datacenter Considerations
8:30 – 9:45 am PT

This session will feature our Middle East trade team first providing a spotlight on import/export and trade-related principles and developments across the Middle East, including around the Gaza peace deal, Syria, the approach of Middle Eastern banks to sanctions risks, and mitigating diversion risks. The second part of this session will delve into the increasingly topical issue of data center set-ups in the Middle East, including local investment rules, incentives and local law considerations around data transfers and operator liability, infrastructure procurement, as well as a reminder of US export control, outbound data transfer and related considerations.

SPEAKERS: Alison Stafford Powell, Janet Kim, Laya Aoun-Hani, Mohamed Elfar, Dino Wilkinson, Hani Naja


LATAM Trade Developments
12:30-1:45 pm PT

In this session, our LATAM Trade Team will cover the current geopolitical context driving trade-related policies and practices across Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, including updates on MERCOSUR, changes to customs laws, tariffs and trade remedies, audits and trends, and challenges and opportunities for businesses.

SPEAKERS: John McKenzie, José Hoyos-Robles, Alessandra Machado, Francisco Negrao, Esteban Ropolo, Juan David Lopez
*Trench Rossi Watanabe and Baker McKenzie have executed a strategic cooperation agreement for consulting on foreign law.


APAC Trade Developments Beyond China
3:00 - 4:15 pm PT

In this final session of our series, our APAC Trade Team will compare and contrast responses of key APAC countries beyond China to the Trump tariffs, as well as supply chain restructuring trends, country of origin rules, trade agreement negotiations with the US and regional initiatives, export controls and enforcement amongst Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. 

SPEAKERS: John McKenzie, Kana Itabashi, Ivy Tan, Louis Hsieh, Kristine Anne V. Mercado-Tamayo, Keerati Saneewong Na Ayudthaya, Ngoc Trung Tran

 
 

 

If you're unable to attend but wish to receive materials, please send us your request.

Virtual One-to-One Meeting Request

If you would like to arrange a 20-minute virtual one-to-one session with one of our international trade attorneys, please complete this form and indicate the topic or question you'd like to discuss. We'll contact you to schedule a convenient time to meet.

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