Assistant Secretary Matt Axelrod on Enforcing Export Controls

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The United States has long set restrictions on the export of certain sensitive goods and technologies, particularly to strategic rivals. But over the past several years, we have seen first the Trump and now the Biden administrations use the legal authorities behind these export controls in new and innovative ways, for purposes ranging from limiting China’s access to key emerging technologies to stymying Russia’s military effectiveness in Ukraine. The only problem is, once you impose these restrictions, you then have to enforce them—and that’s not always an easy task. To learn more about how the Biden administration is taking on this challenge, Lawfare Contributing Editor Brandon Van Grack…