Eric Xie

• Assessing compliance risks associated with various U.S. sanctions programs and export control regulations.
• Preparing license applications, delisting requests, and voluntary self-disclosures to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
• Drafting questionnaire responses, scope rulings, comments, and briefs for various antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) matters.
• Preparing classifications, protests, disclosures, and responses to inquiries from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
• Advising on forced labor risks and disclosures and related congressional investigations.
• Conducting due diligence for general acquisitions and matters involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

Eric Xie is a member of the International Trade Team. Eric primarily advises clients on U.S. export controls and sanctions matters.

Eric was previously an associate at an Am Law 50 firm, working on a range of international trade matters. He also gained experience as a judicial intern for the Hon. Fern Flanagan Saddler of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Before law school, Eric assisted with complex litigation matters as a litigation paralegal.

Eric earned his J.D., cum laude, from the American University Washington College of Law. While there, he served as the executive editor of the Administrative Law Review and was a member of the ABA Arbitration team and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. He earned his B.B.A., cum laude, from University of Georgia in finance. Eric also studied the economics of environmental quality and international conflicts at the University of Oxford.

Languages

• Mandarin

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Education

• American University (J.D., 2022)
• University of Georgia (B.B.A., 2017)