Regulation

The long arm of the law: teamwork and the extraterritorial reach of US export enforcement

Issue 37.
October 2023

Author
Donald Pearce
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Donald Pearce, a retired Special Agent from the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, is the founder of Sentinel LLC, a consultancy focused on the intersection of international trade, technology, geopolitics, and security, and is also a Senior Advisor in the Global Risk, Monitorship, and Investigations Practice at trade advisory firm, Torres Trade Advisory. don@torrestradeadvisory.com

The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry & Security has always been a small agency with a big mission. With a headcount in the hundreds and a budget that could be a rounding error in some larger agencies, BIS has always found ways to do more with less. But as luck would have it, most of BIS’s functions require other agencies to pitch in on both the administration and enforcement sides. Cooperation in law enforcement is not a new concept: a visit to FBI headquarters in Washington DC wi...

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