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Time for my close-up: export controls go Hollywood

Issue 25.
July/August 2022

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

Our niche area of international trade regulation is having a moment.

Stories about export enforcement actions and sanctions evasion plots are headline news, with the inevitable tell-all books and “long-read” feature stories likely to follow. Future ripped-from-the-headlines moments will find themselves in blockbuster movies or made-for-streaming miniseries, giving us trade nerds something to talk about on the way out of the theater or on social media. But don’t call it a comeback – strategic...

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