Numerous stories headlining international media recently have changed regulations on goods, services and technologies businesses can source from or sell to overseas companies. These stories include the war in Ukraine, climate change and forced labor in Chinese supply chains. Government authorities in the United States and other countries have recently developed new legal restrictions and obligations in an attempt to compel or limit company action geared towards the political priorities associated with those developments. In many cases, these developments have substantially disrupted business and caused expensive compliance headaches. In other scenarios, the challenges for business are still brewing in the form of proposed regulations. Yet, these changes may also provide new business opportunities for certain industries. The session will cover the main developments and explore them through a discussion with expert practitioners and members of the bar wrestling with what these issues mean for their clients.​​