Most US export companies are familiar with the idea that controls exist on what they and their colleagues can send abroad, take abroad and electronically transfer abroad and they have procedures in place to ensure compliance with those controls. But sometimes things happen that are difficult to prepare for – a display model at a trade fair disappears in transit; the vessel carrying an export-controlled item is forced to dock for repairs in a country identified as higher risk for circumvention of sanctions; the CEO forgot they had plans for the new semi-conductor on their laptop when they jumped on the plane for that luxury honeymoon in South America.

In this session, trade specialists Jeremy Page and Shannon Fura of Chicago firm Page Fura, look at some of those disasters waiting to happen and consider the best responses in difficult circumstances. Against the background of US extra-territorial reach, as highlighted in the recent Tri Seal Compliance Note, this is a do-not-miss for manufacturers of controlled items from all over the world.