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International Trade Law News

News, analysis and commentary on export controls, customs law, antidumping law and other international trade issues.
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BIS Issues Proposed Rule to Eliminate Paper Export Licenses and Other Export Control Documents

Posted on December 04, 2009
In order to save the government time and money, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a proposed rule in today's Federal Register that would eliminate the use of most paper documents that it sends to parties having business before the agency...

International Trade Law News Twitter Updates for Week of 11/30/09 to 12/4/09

Posted on December 04, 2009
Summary of International Trade Law News Twitter Updates (@tradelawnews) for Week of 11/30/09 to 12/4/09: At EU-China business summit today, China's Premier urged EU to relax export controls on high-tech products to China: http://is.gd/57LZhGAO issues report on DOJ's selection of corporate monitors...

U.S. Customs Posts Materials From Next Week's Customs Symposium

Posted on December 03, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted on its website some of the materials that we will be presented during n the breakout sessions at next week's 2009 Trade Symposium. Among the materials now available for review include information on C-TPAT, antidumping and countervailing duty...

Aerospace Industries Association Members Identify Export Control Reform Initiatives in Letter to President Obama

Posted on December 03, 2009
In a letter sent yesterday to President Obama signed by more than 100 companies, members of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) praised the Obama Administration for undertaking the review of U.S. export controls and urged the administration to take action on a number of initiatives to...

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DDTC Adds Sixth National Security Exception to 60-day Licensing Deadline

Posted on December 03, 2009
In a notice published in today's Federal Register, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has added a sixth national security exception to the 60-day ITAR licensing determination requirement in National Security Presidential Directive-56 to account for situations involving the review of...

DHS Secretary Napolitano Tells Senate Committee That More Time and Money Needed to Achieve 100% Cargo Screening

Posted on December 03, 2009
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing today entitled "Transportation Security Challenges Post-9/11" featuring Janet Napolitano Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In her testimony Secretary Napolitano indicated...

Iranian Arms Procurement Agent Pleads Guilty and Will be Sentenced

Posted on December 03, 2009
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced today that an Iranian arms procurement agent who was extradited to the United States in 2008 has pled guilty to negotiating the purchase and illegal export of a number of military components to Iran and will be sentenced on December 14,...

Next NCITD Meeting to Feature Speakers on Incoterms and U.S. Customs Outbound Programs

Posted on December 02, 2009
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on December 9, 2009 in Washington, DC and will feature the following speakers: Frank Reynolds, International Projects and U.S. Delegate to the Incoterms Revision...

David Mills to be Nominated as Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement

Posted on December 02, 2009
Reliable sources have confirmed that David Mills will be nominated by President Obama to serve as Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement. Mr. Mills, who formerly served as Chief of Licensing at the Treasury Department?s Office of Foreign Assets Control and in the Office of Chief Counsel for...

BIS Posts Video and Transcripts from 2009 BIS Update Conference

Posted on December 02, 2009
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has created a web portal with links to the video and written transcripts from several of the presentations made at BIS's Update 2009 Conference on Export Controls and Policy that was held September 30 through October 2, 2009 in Washington, DC...

DOJ Press Release: Belgian Arms Dealer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Supply U.S. Fighter Jet Engines to Iran

Posted on November 23, 2009
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 23, 2009 Arms Dealer Pleads...

Transparency International Releases 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index; Calls Overall Results a "Great Concern"

Posted on November 17, 2009
Transparency International today released its annual 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) that measures the perceived levels of public-sector corruption in countries. The 2009 CPI scores 180 countries on a scale from zero (highly corrupt) to ten (highly clean) using 13 sources from 10...

Census Bureau Now Providing Exporters With AES Data Associated With Routed Export Transactions

Posted on November 12, 2009
The Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division (FTD) recently started providing U.S. Principal Parties in Interest (USPPIs) and other filers requesting their Electronic Export Information filed in the Automated Export System (AES) with the 10 data elements required in routed export...

Registration Now Open for Webcast of CBP's Sold-Out 2009 Trade Symposium

Posted on November 10, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that it is offering for the first time a webcast of the sold-out 2009 Trade Symposium that will be held in Washington, DC from December 8 ? 10, 2009. All general sessions of the Trade Symposium will be shown as part of the live webcast and...

Women In International Trade to Hold FCPA Program in Washington, DC on November 17th

Posted on November 09, 2009
Women In International Trade will be holding a Brown Bag discussion from noon to 1:30 in Washington, DC on November 17, 2009 entitled "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Recent Updates?. The program will feature Kathleen Hamann, Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, U...

U.N. Agencies Launch 2009 Anti-Corruption Campaign

Posted on November 06, 2009
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today launched a joint 2009 campaign to raise awareness on how corruption adversely impacts development. The launch of this anti-corruption campaign was timed to coincide with the third session...

Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Nomination of Undersecretary of Commerce for Export Administration

Posted on November 06, 2009
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing today on the nomination of Eric Hirschhorn to serve as Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, the most senior position in the Bureau of Industry and Security. Mr...

Director of Singapore Firm Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Controlled Aircraft Components to Iran

Posted on November 06, 2009
A U.S. citizen who served as a director of a Singapore-based importer and exporter of aircraft parts was sentenced today in federal court in Brooklyn to 46 months in prison for conspiring to export aircraft parts to Iran. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit $500,000 to the U...

Sentencing of Atmospheric Glow Technologies, Inc. Now Set for November 23rd

Posted on November 05, 2009
The often delayed sentencing of Atmospheric Glow Technologies, Inc. (AGT), the company alleged to be Professor John Reece Roth's co-conspirator in the criminal case involving unlawful exports of ITAR controlled technology, has now been set for November 23, 2009 before U...

Congratulation to Winners of 2009 Presidential "E" and "E Star" Awards for Export Excellence

Posted on November 05, 2009
Congratulations to the 21 companies and organizations that received the prestigious 2009 Presidential ?E? and ?E Star? Awards for export excellence today during a ceremony at the National District Export Council Conference at the Department of Commerce...

Next NCITD Meeting to Feature Speakers from OFAC, CBP and Census

Posted on November 03, 2009
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC and will feature the following speakers: David J. Brummond, Senior Sanctions Adviser ? Insurance, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of...

Next NCITD Meeting to Feature Speakers from Center for International Trade and Security and State Department

Posted on October 09, 2009
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC and will feature the following speakers: Ryan Cathie, Jay P. Nash and Clarence Smith, Center for International Trade and Security, University of...

News from BIS Update Conference Posted on Twitter

Posted on October 01, 2009
Just posted some news from the export enforcement panel at BIS Update on our Twitter feed at twitter.com/tradelawnews. This is a summary of the article. Click on the above link or visit www.tradelawnews.com to read the entire article.

DDTC Issues Two Important Notices on its Website

Posted on October 01, 2009
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has issued the following two notices on its website that should be reviewed by manufacturers and exporters of defense articles and services: Updated version of Licensing of Foreign Persons Employed by a U...

Secretary Locke Proposes Reforms to Export Controls System During Speech at BIS Update Conference

Posted on October 01, 2009
In a speech today during the the Bureau of Industry and Security?s Update Conference on Export Controls, Commerce Secretary Locke announced that he has proposed that the Commerce Department, working with other government agencies, immediately explore pursuing two reforms that will "provide...

OFAC to Hold Financial Sector Symposium in New York City

Posted on September 30, 2009
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced today that it will be holding its first-ever Financial Sector Symposium in New York City on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. According to OFAC, the Financial Sector Symposium is designed to provide the financial sector with...

BIS Issues Third Version of Commodity Classification Information Table

Posted on September 29, 2009
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently released the third version of its Commodity Classification Information Table that contains information submitted by companies regarding where to locate commodity classification and export controls information on company websites...

DDTC Requesting Comments on New Commodity Jurisdiction Form

Posted on September 29, 2009
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published a Federal Register notice announcing that the 30 day comment period has begun for the revised DS-4076 Commodity Jurisdiction Determination Form. This form is in a fillable PDF format. DDTC is encouraging manufacturers to review the form...

AEI to Present Export Control Reform Program on October 5th in Washington, DC

Posted on September 29, 2009
While there have been a large number of export control events scheduled lately, here is another good one to add to your calendar. The American Enterprise Institute is holding a program during the afternoon of Monday, October 5, 2009 in Washington, DC entitled "Export Control Reform 2009: Enhancing...

Update on Revisions to Incoterms 2000

Posted on September 28, 2009
Frank Reynolds, the U.S. Delegate to the International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) Incoterms drafting committee, has provided the editor of International Trade Law News with an update on the status of the revisions currently underway to Incoterms 2000, the standardized trade terms commonly used...

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