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International Trade Law News Twitter Updates for 1/8/10 to 1/16/10

Posted on January 16, 2010
AP: Taiwan-based company assists Chinese firm in obtaining pressure transducers for Iran -- http://bit.ly/929Jcd Follow-up from previous tweet: Certain pressure transducers are classified on U.S. Commerce Control List as ECCN 2B230 (NP and AT controls) New Blog Post: Management Consultant...

Philadelphia Area Chemical Engineer Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Violating Iran Sanctions

Posted on January 12, 2010
Philly.com reports that Dr. Ali Amirnazmi, a Stanford trained chemical engineer and founder of Exton, Pennsylvania-based TranTech Consultants Inc, who was convicted in February 2009 of violating the U.S. embargo on Iran, was sentenced today to four years in prison and five years of supervised...

Coalition for Security and Competitiveness Releases Detailed Export Control Recommendations

Posted on January 12, 2010
The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness (CSC) today released detailed recommendations on the specific steps the Obama Administration and Congress can take to reform and modernize the U.S. export control system. The document, entitled "Recommendations for a 21st Century Technology Control...

Management Consultant Arrested and Charged With Violating Iran Embargo

Posted on January 08, 2010
Mahmoud Reza Banki, a management consultant formerly employed by McKinsey and Co., was arrested yesterday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following an indictment charging him with violating the U.S. sanctions on Iran and operating an unlicensed money transfer business between the U...

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DDTC Appoints Lisa Studtmann as Director of Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance

Posted on January 08, 2010
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has confirmed that Lisa Studtmann, Esq. is now the Director of the Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, succeeding former Director David Trimble and Acting Director Daniel Buzby...

BIS Suspends Authorization VEU Eligibility for Certain Companies in China and India

Posted on December 23, 2009
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a notice in today's Federal Register amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to suspend the Authorization Validated End-User (VEU) status of Aviza Technology China and GE Fanuc Systems PVT Ltd...

Senate Passes Bill Extending GSP and ATPA Programs; Bill to be Sent to President for Signature

Posted on December 23, 2009
This evening the U.S. Senate approved by unanimous consent H.R. 4284, legislation that will extend the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) duty preference programs until December 31, 2010. H.R. 4284 will now be sent to President Obama for his...

Seasons Greetings From International Trade Law News

Posted on December 22, 2009
Season's Greetings and Happy New Year to all of our loyal readers from around the world. See you in 2010. And in the spirit of the holiday season we have reprinted below Tyler Brown's A Harmonized (Tariff) Christmas. ?Doug Jacobson A Harmonized (Tariff) Christmas By Tyler Brown, Sr...

International Trade Law News Twitter Updates for week of 12/12/09 to 12/19/09

Posted on December 20, 2009
@Reuters: U.S. contract worker detained in Cuba: report http://link.reuters.com/ved56g @BreakingNews: U.S. secretly froze more than $2 billion allegedly held for Iran in Citigroup accounts in 2008 - http://bit.ly/8zCjsq Newsweek: Obama Administration intends to target 'dozens' of IRGC front...

Kevin Wolf Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration

Posted on December 17, 2009
Today President Obama nominated Kevin Wolf, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Bryan Cave LLP, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. Since joining that firm in 1993 Kevin's practice has focused on export controls and economic sanctions matters...

State Department Recommends that OFAC Issue General License Authorizing Personal Communications to be Exported to Iran

Posted on December 16, 2009
Yesterday the State Department submitted a notification to Congress pursuant to the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 indicating that it is recommending that the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issue a general license that would authorize downloads of...

Iranian Arms Procurement Agent Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison

Posted on December 14, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on today's sentencing of an Iranian arms procurement agent who was extradited to the United States in 2008 and pled guilty to negotiating the purchase of a number of items on the USML that were destined to Iran: Under heavy security, an Iranian engineer targeted...

Women In International Trade to Hold Encryption Export Controls Program in Washington, DC on December 15th

Posted on December 14, 2009
Tomorrow, December 15th, the organization Women In International Trade (WITT) will be holding a program on U.S. Controls on Exports and Reexports of Encryption Products featuring a speaker from the Bureau of Industry and Security. The discussion will focus on the regulatory changes implemented by...

U.S. House of Representatives Passes One-Year Extension of GSP and ATPA Trade Preference Programs

Posted on December 14, 2009
This afternoon the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4284, legislation to extend the expiring Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA) trade preference programs until December 31, 2010. The debate on the House floor made clear that the House...

Congressman Moran Introduces Iranian Digital Empowerment Act

Posted on December 14, 2009
Today, Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) introduced in the U.S. Congress the Iranian Digital Empowerment Act ("IDEA Act") (H.R.4301), legislation that would clarify current sanctions law to provide the Iranian people access to information and the ability to communicate both internally and with the...

Weekend Roundup of Export Controls and Sanctions News

Posted on December 13, 2009
Crew of cargo plane from North Korea detained in Thailand denies knowledge that they were transporting Arms German authorities are investigating shipments of high technology to Iran to see if they may have violated export control laws Federal agents in Dallas have grounded a helicopter that they...

BIS Publishes Final Rule Implement Changes to CCL Resulting From 2008 Wassenaar Plenary

Posted on December 11, 2009
Today the Bureau of Industry and Security published a final rule in the Federal Register amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and Commerce Control List (CCL) to implement changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar List) agreed upon...

International Trade Law News Twitter Updates for week of 12/5/09 to 12/11/09

Posted on December 11, 2009
Summary of International Trade Law News Twitter Updates (@tradelawnews) for Week of 12/5/09 to 12/11/09: Laura Rozen in Politico: How unilateral U.S. sanctions on Iran may backfire: http://is.gd/5exYz (discusses recent simulation at Harvard) WashPost "Friendlier Obama tune on Cuba brings musical...

National Association of Manufacturers Outlines Export Control Reform Recommendations

Posted on December 11, 2009
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) yesterday sent a letter to National Security Advisor General James Jones and National Economic Advisor Lawrence Summers outlining the following eight recommendations for the President?s pending review of U...

OECD Recommends That Facilitating Payments Be Prohibited or Discouraged

Posted on December 10, 2009
In connection with the marking of December 9th as International Anti-Corruption Day (see previous post) and the 10th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Anti-Bribery Convention, the OECD held a program yesterday in Geneva,...

BIS Publishes Rule Making Editorial Changes to Commerce Control List

Posted on December 10, 2009
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule in today's Federal Register modifying the Commerce Control List to implement the 2007 and 2008 changes made by the Wassenaar Arrangement Task Force on Editorial Issues (TFEI) that had not been made in any prior...

Incoterms Update: Next Version of Incoterms Scheduled to Take Effect on January 1, 2011

Posted on December 09, 2009
Here is the latest update on the status of the revisions currently underway to Incoterms 2000. The Incoterms Drafting Committee recently met to consider the latest draft of the revised version of Incoterms. Several more meetings will be held with a goal of issuing the final version of the revised...

House Subcommittee to Hold Iran Sanctions Hearing Next Tuesday

Posted on December 09, 2009
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, chaired by Rep. John Tierney (D-MA), has announced that it will hold a hearing entitled, ?Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities, and Consequences...

Today Marks International Anti-Corruption Day

Posted on December 09, 2009
Today, December 9th, marks International Anti-Corruption Day. The theme of this year's International Anti-Corruption Day is "Don't let corruption kill development." In order to promote the United Nations' anti-corruption campaign, the U.N.'s Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has produced the...

Politico: Iran Links U.S. Hikers Case to Iranians Detained in U.S.

Posted on December 09, 2009
A story by Laura Rozen posted on Politico today describes how Iran has apparently linked the release of the three American hikers detained in Iran since July to the release of several Iranian nationals being held in the U.S. on various charges, including violating U...

Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls Modifies Control Lists at Recent Plenary Session

Posted on December 08, 2009
Last week the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies held its 15th annual Plenary session in Vienna, Austria. During the Plenary the participating countries agreed to a number of changes to the WA's List of Dual-Use Goods and...

DHS Secretary Napolitano Announces Creation of New Center to Ensure Safety of Imported Goods

Posted on December 08, 2009
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the creation of the Import Safety Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC)?a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility designed to streamline and enhance federal efforts to address import safety...

U.S. Business Community's Principles for Comprehensive U.S. Export Control Reform Outlined

Posted on December 07, 2009
In a speech at the Practising Law Institute's annual "Coping with U.S. Export Controls" conference in Washington, DC, National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) President Bill Reinsch today outlined the business community's principles for reforming the U.S...

Presentations from 2009 National District Export Council Conference Posted Online

Posted on December 07, 2009
The PowerPoint presentations from the 2009 National District Export Council (DEC) Conference that was held in Washington, DC from November 3-5 have now been posted on the DEC Conference's website here. The 2010 DEC Conference will be held in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario from October 24 -...

BIS to Publish Final Rule Amending EAR and CCL to Implement Changes Made by 2008 Wassenaar Plenary

Posted on December 07, 2009
On Friday, December 11, 2009, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will publish a final rule in the Federal Register amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar List)...

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