The White House has announced a one-year suspension of the Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) new Affiliates Rule, but its scope remains unclear. As of November 3, 2025, BIS has not issued a rule or guidance formalizing the suspension. Exporters should continue preparing for compliance while monitoring forthcoming BIS action expected by November 10, 2025.
Hdeel Abdelhady discussed the Trump Administration’s TikTok sale framework with the BBC News.
Hdeel Abdelhady discussed at ACAMS U.S. export controls on semiconductors and other technology and items to Russia, and U.S. and foreign financial institutions’ compliance obligations.
Although the BIS Guidance is a directive to FIs, it very much affects exporter customers of FIs. Here’s what exporters should know.
The ZTE case illuminates a potentially transformative shift in how the United States deploys its legal and regulatory authority in the international economic arena—a development with profound implications for global commerce, compliance practices, and the rule of law.
Hdeel Abdelhady was quoted in FinOps Report on the AML/compliance implications of President Trump’s designations of drug cartels as FTOs.
Hdeel Abdelhady proposed consumer-oriented insolvency risk allocation in Islamic retail profit sharing investment account reflecting the operation of those accounts in practice.
Hdeel Abdelhady talked to NPR about intensified Iran sanctions and North Korea sanctions, and the United States’ ability to impose strong sanctions owing to U.S. dollar dominance.