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Employees of Japanese Machine Tool Producer Arrested for Alleged Export Control Violations

Posted on March 05, 2009

OFAC Adds Companies Affiliated With Iran's Bank Melli to SDN List

Posted on March 03, 2009

Compliance Week Reports on the "Long-Arm" of the FCPA

Posted on March 03, 2009

Export Controls in the UAE: A Practical Manifestation of a Strategic Dilemma

Posted on March 03, 2009

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CBP Commissioner Basham Retires

Posted on March 02, 2009

OFAC Issues February Penalty Report

Posted on March 02, 2009

Japanese Trading Company Suspected of Unlicensed Export to North Korea

Posted on March 02, 2009

Doug Jacobson Moves to Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg

Posted on March 02, 2009

DDTC Issues Updated Guidelines for Licensing of Foreign Persons Employed by U.S. Persons

Posted on March 02, 2009

Australia and New Zealand Will Treat Vietnam as Market Economy for Antidumping Purposes

Posted on March 02, 2009

Chinese National Convicted of Attemping to Export Thermal-Imaging Cameras to China

Posted on February 26, 2009
Earlier this week, a federal jury in Los Angeles, California convicted Zhi Yong Guo, a resident of China, of conspiracy and exporting and/or attempting to export thermal-imaging cameras to China without the required Commerce Department export licenses...

Omnibus Spending Bill Passed by House Makes Changes to Cuba Policy

Posted on February 25, 2009
The House of Representatives today passed by a vote of 245-178 H.R. 1105, the $410 billion Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, to fund much of the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2009. The omnibus appropriations bill makes several changes with respect to Cuba policy...

France, Germany and UK Preparing Additional Sanctions on Iran

Posted on February 25, 2009
Thursday's Financial Times reports that Germany, France and the United Kingdom have prepared a list of 34 Iranian entities and 10 individuals that could be subject to trade sanctions. According to the article, the names on the list are "allegedly linked to Iran?s covert nuclear or biological...

House Science and Technology Committee Holds Export Controls Hearing

Posted on February 25, 2009
Today the House Committee on Science and Technology held a hearing to review the impact of current export control policies on U.S. science and technology activities and competitiveness. Witnesses and Members of the Committee also discussed the findings and recommendations of the National Academies?...

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Release Benchmarking Survey on Third Party Controls

Posted on February 23, 2009
The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) has released the results of a benchmarking survey finding that despite the proliferation of third party relationships in business, relatively few companies set ethics and compliance expectations on the companies that they rely on to act on their...

Invitation to Atttend Networking Reception Prior to BIS Export Controls Program in Newport Beach, California

Posted on February 23, 2009
Persons attending the Bureau of Industry and Security's Annual Export Control Forum in Newport Beach, California from March 16-17 are invited to attend a networking reception that will be held on March 15 from 6-9 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel located at 4545 MacArthur Boulevard, Newport Beach,...

CITS to Celebrate 20th Anniversary; Announces Spring 2009 Export Control Academy

Posted on February 23, 2009
The University of Georgia's well-respected Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary on March 18, 2009. The event, which will be held in Athens, Georgia, will consist of panels regarding strategic trade control issues, the status of global...

House Committee to Hold Export Controls Hearing

Posted on February 23, 2009
The House Science and Technology Committee will hold an export controls hearing on February 25, 2009. The hearing, entitled "Impacts of U.S. Export Control Policies on Science and Technology Activities and Competitiveness" will feature the following witnesses: Lt...

Census Issues Amended Foreign Trade Letter Clarifying Shipments to International Waters

Posted on February 18, 2009
The Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division has issued an amended version of its December 3, 2008 Foreign Trade Letter No. 3 explaining the requirement for filing Electronic Export Information (EEI) through the Automated Export System (AES) for shipments located in international waters, including...

Stimulus Bill Contains Overlooked "Buy American" Provision Covering DHS Uniforms, Body Armor and Textiles

Posted on February 18, 2009
While a great deal has been written on the "Buy American" provision in the stimulus bill (Section 1605 of H.R. 1) that covers iron, steel, and manufactured goods, it turns out that the bill also contains another "Buy American" provision that applies to uniforms, body armor and other textile...

Philadelphia Area Chemical Engineer Found Guilty of Violating Iran Sanctions

Posted on February 16, 2009
A federal jury in Philadelphia this past Friday convicted a chemical engineer who holds a Ph.D from Stanford University of a number of crimes relating to doing business with Iran. Dr. Ali Amirnazmi, founder and president of Exton, Pennsylvania-based TranTech Consultants Inc...

Maryland Woman Accused of Exporting Canadian UAV Autopilots from U.S. to China

Posted on February 15, 2009
The Associated Press reports (story below) that a Silver Spring, Maryland woman has been charged with exporting Canadian manufactured miniature autopilots for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and micro aerial vehicles (MAV) from the U.S. to China. The miniature autopilots were produced by...

Text of Buy American Provision in Stimulus Bill Finalized; 60 Minutes Reports on Retaliation Concerns

Posted on February 15, 2009
The following is the final text of the "Buy American" provision in H.R. 1, the stimulus bill that passed the House and Senate late last week and is expected to be signed into law by the president on Tuesday. H.R. 1 is formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...

Census and U.S. Commercial Service Offering Export Compliance Webinars

Posted on February 13, 2009
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Commercial Service are offering a series of Export Compliance Webinars from February 17, 2009 throughMarch 5, 2009. The webinars are designed to educate the exporting trade community on the Foreign Trade Regulations...

A New Era For Export Controls?

Posted on February 12, 2009
The February edition of the American Machinist magazine contains an opinion piece on the challenges the Obama Administration faces in the area of export controls and international technology transfers. The article was written by Paul Freedenberg, Vice President of Government Relations of the...

BIS Issues Notice on Transfer of Export Licenses

Posted on February 11, 2009
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) today issued the following notice reminding exporters about their responsibilities in cases involving the transfer of export licenses, such as when the party listed on the license no longer exits due to a merger or acquisition...

Professor Convicted of Violating Export Control Laws Requests New Trial

Posted on February 10, 2009
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported today that convicted University of Tennessee Professor J. Reece Roth, who was found guilty of violating the Arms Export Control Act in September 2008, has filed a motion requesting a new trial on grounds that the judge hearing the case refused to allow jurors to...

India Balks at U.S. End-Use Monitoring Requirements for Defense Sales

Posted on February 09, 2009
Defense News has reported that the Government of India has advised U.S. officials that India will not accept the standard End-Use Monitoring (EUM) requirements required by Section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act. The article states: Several Indian Defence Ministry officials said privately that...

CPSC Delays Testing and Certification Requirements for Consumer Products

Posted on February 09, 2009
As a result of substantial confusion regarding the Consumer Product Safety Act's new certification requirements, the Commission Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced in today's Federal Register that it will postpone for one year, until February 10, 2010, the new certification and testing...

Nucleonics Week Reports on U.S. Supreme Court's Antidumping Decision

Posted on February 05, 2009
A recent edition of Nucleonics Week [pdf], a leading source of news for the commercial nuclear power business, contains a detailed report on the Supreme Court's recent antidumping decision in United States v. Eurodif S.A., et al. , [pdf] cases involving the imports of low enriched uranium (LEU)...

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