Neda Shaheen

Neda M. Shaheen is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Crowell & Moring, and is a member of the Privacy and Cybersecurity and International Trade Groups. Neda focuses her practice on representing her clients in litigation and strategic counseling involving national security, technology, cybersecurity, trade and international law. Neda joined the firm after working as a consultant at Crowell & Moring International (CMI), where she supported a diverse range of clients on digital trade matters concerning international trade, national security, privacy, and data governance, as well as advancing impactful public-private partnerships.

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White House AI Action Plan Seeks to Establish “Dominance,” Boost Innovation, and Scrutinize Regulations

By Matthew Ferraro, Michael G. Gruden, CIPP/G, Kirsten Nathanson, Scott Wise, Tyler A. O'Connor, Linda Malek, Anna Z. Saber, Jeremy Iloulian, Jacob Canter, Neda Shaheen, Tim Laderach, Alexis Ward & Caitlyn Weeks on July 28, 2025

Posted in AI

The AI Action Plan spotlights AI innovation, adoption, and competitiveness, but much work remains to turn its vision into reality.

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White House Issues Executive Order to Limit the Transfer of Certain Sensitive U.S. Data to Countries of Concern

By Anand Sithian, Neda Shaheen & Emily Devereaux on March 4, 2024

Posted in Biden Administration, Data Privacy, Executive Order

On Wednesday, February 28^th, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (the “EO”). The purpose of the EO is to restrict the mass transfer of certain types of Americans’ personal data to, and to curb…

OFAC issues Russia-related General License 83A

By Anand Sithian & Neda Shaheen on February 26, 2024

Posted in Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Russia, Russia Sanctions

On February 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Russia-related General License (GL) 83A, “Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Imports of Certain Categories of Fish, Seafood, and Preparations Thereof Prohibited by Executive Order 14068.”

On March 11, 2022, President Biden issued EO 14068 to prohibit, among other…

U.S. Department of Commerce Releases Text from IPEF Agreement on Supply Chains

By Neda Shaheen, John Brew & Jackson Pai on September 11, 2023

Posted in commerce, Department of Commerce, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, Supply Chain

On September 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the text of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Supply Chain Agreement three days before a U.S. delegation is set to travel to Bangkok, Thailand for the fifth negotiating round. In this round, IPEF partners will focus on Pillars I (Trade)…

Negotiations for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Continue in Singapore

By Neda Shaheen on April 7, 2023

Posted in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) have announced that they will send a U.S. delegation to Singapore in May 2023 for the third round of negotiations of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). According to the White House, “the Indo-Pacific supports more than three…

Takeaways from the 2023 Trade Policy Agenda and 2022 Annual Report

By Kate Growley, Jackson Pai, Neda Shaheen & Eric Obscherning on March 7, 2023

Posted in 2023 Trade Policy Agenda

This client alert summarizes the Administration’s ongoing trade priorities and summarize trade activities in the past year based on the Biden Administration’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda and 2022 Annual Report, which was issued on March 1, 2023.