China Export Controls and AI & Machine Learning Algorithms: Effects on the Global Auto Industry

Quan Bill Yang and Mitch Zajac, both are Associates of Butzel Long’s Detroit office.  Mr. Yang concentrates his practice in commercial litigation supporting, international merger and acquisition, regulatory compliance, and transactional negotiations.  Mr. Zajac concentrates his work in the areas of automotive, intellectual property, regulatory and emissions compliance. He is also a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

In the 13-minute Audio Interview, Mr. Yang and Mr. Zajac discuss these questions:

• • What is the significance of the “revised China Catalogue of Technologies that are Subject to Export Bans or Restrictions”, comparing to the former version
• • What is the impact of the five technologies were added to the negative list to the automotive industry
• • What shall global suppliers do in preventing any negative impact due to the bans or restrictions
• • What is the significance of the BIS export control on geospatial imagery software specially designed for “training Deep Convolutional Neural Networks”
• • How are the emerging “AI and machine learning” technologies benefit to and adopted by suppliers and OEMs in automotive industry
• • What is the best practice for international suppliers to do R&D and serve the global market