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Next NCITD Meeting to Feature Speakers from DTSA, CBP and National Academies

Posted on February 05, 2009
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 in Washington, DC and will feature the following speakers: Michael Laychak, Licensing Director,Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) Topic:...

Website Established to Identify Companies Doing Business in Iran

Posted on February 05, 2009
The American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, recently launched the "Iranian Business Registry" (IBR) website, listing the names of companies around the world that do business in Iran. The site, which is operated by the United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) program, is intended to "educate investors, ...

Stuart Levey to Continue as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

Posted on February 03, 2009
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has announced that Stuart Levey will continue as the first Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, a role he has held since his Senate confirmation on July 21, 2004. As Under Secretary, Levey oversees the the Office of Foreign Assets Control (...

2008 Marked Highest Number of Export License Applications Received by BIS in Past 10 Years

Posted on February 02, 2009
The Census Bureau's most recent AES Newsletter contains the following FY 2008 export licensing statistics and information from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS): In Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, BIS processed 21,290 export license applications involving trade worth approximately $72...

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HTSUS Updated to Reflect Implementation of U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

Posted on February 02, 2009
The United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement went into on February 1, 2009. In order to implement the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, the U.S. International Trade Commission has updated the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)...

Deloitte Announces Results of Anti-Corruption Report

Posted on February 02, 2009
Deloitte announced today the results of an anti-corruption study of 329 management, finance, strategy and business development professionals from around the world. The study, entitled Fortifying Anti-Corruption in Today's Corporation, indicated that the vast majority of those surveyed (93 percent)...

BIS Imposes Denial Orders and Civil Penalties in Cases Involving Unlicensed Exports From U.S. to Taiwan

Posted on February 01, 2009
In a series of four related cases involving the unlicensed exports of chemicals, metals and electronic components from the U.S. to Taiwan, the Bureau of Industry and Security has imposed civil penalties and denial orders on two companies and two individuals involved in the transactions...

New Report Hints at Broken Promises and Trouble Ahead for World Trade

Posted on February 01, 2009
Guest Post: The following article was written by Jake Colvin, Vice President for Global Trade Issues at the National Foreign Trade Council, and was recently posted on the Huffington Post. A copy of the report referred to in the article can be found here...

Congratulations to Jerry Greenwell on Retirement From Census

Posted on February 01, 2009
The front page of the recent edition of the Census Bureau's AES Newsletter contains the following story on Jerry Greenwell's recent retirement from Census after 36 years of government service: Yes, the rumors are true! Trade Ombudsman Jerome (Jerry) Greenwell retired in early January 2009, after...

Brazil Suspends Recently Announced Import Licensing Program

Posted on January 29, 2009
The Government of Brazil has announced that it has suspended its short-lived electronic import licensing program that was implemented earlier this week by Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. Under the import licensing program, importers in Brazil were required to obtain...

OFAC Issues January 2009 Monthly Civil Penalties Report

Posted on January 29, 2009
Today the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released its monthly report (pdf) of civil penalties imposed on companies and individuals for allegedly violating the sanctions regimes administered by OFAC. Companies - OFAC announced the following two settlements with...

Parties File Amicus Brief in Florida Travel Act Case

Posted on January 28, 2009
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and USA*Engage have filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in support of the plaintiffs in the case of Faculty Senate of Florida International University vs. the State of Florida...

First U.S. Trade Remedy Case Brought in 2009

Posted on January 27, 2009
In what is likely to be the first of many trade remedy cases brought by U.S. industry against imported products in 2009, countervailing duty petitions were filed yesterday with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission by Korff Holdings, LLC, dba Quaker City...

International Customs Day 2009

Posted on January 26, 2009
Today, January 26th, is International Customs Day, which marks the inaugural session of the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) that was held in Brussels, Belgium on January 26, 1953. The CCC became known as the World Customs Organization (WCO) in 2004...

Iranian National in U.S. Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Military Aircraft Parts to Irans

Posted on January 26, 2009
The Departments of Justice, Commerce, Defense and Homeland Security announced today that Hassan Saied Kehsari and his corporation, Kesh Air International, pleaded guilty this morning in Federal Court in Miami, Florida to charges of conspiring to illegally export military and commercial aircraft...

U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Commerce Department in First Antidumping Decision Rendered by Court

Posted on January 26, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court today released its opinion in the first ever antidumping case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. In United States v. Eurodif S.A., et al. (Docket No. 07-1059) and USEC, Inc., v. Eurodif S.A., Docket No. (Docket No. 07-1078), cases involving the imports of low enriched uranium...

C-TPAT: 2008 - A Year in Review

Posted on January 26, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently published the following Year in Review of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program (C-TPAT) for 2008: C-TPAT 2008 Year in Review ...

FCPA News Round Up

Posted on January 26, 2009
Here are some useful articles published on various U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-bribery issues in the past few weeks: Forbes.com: Do Honest Corporations Stand A Chance?Ethical Corporation: Transparency International UK, Shining a light on British briberyBloomberg: Bribery Warrants...

DHS Confirms 10+2 Rule to Take Effect as Planned

Posted on January 26, 2009
It is now official. The Department of Homeland Security issued an announcement late today confirming that it will not extend the Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements regulation (commonly known as 10+2) that was published in the Federal Register (pdf) on November 25, 2008 and...

BIS Issues Temporary Denial Order in Effort to Prevent Powerboat From Being Reexported From South Africa to Iran

Posted on January 25, 2009
In an interesting and unusual development, last Thursday the U.S. Commerce Department?s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) in an effort to prevent a powerboat containing U.S. engines and other components from being reexported from South Africa to Iran for...

Importer Security Filing Regulation Scheduled to Take Effect Monday As Planned

Posted on January 25, 2009
The well-publicized memorandum from Chief of Staff Rahm Emanual to the heads of executive branch departments and agencies regarding review of pending regulations will be published in Monday's Federal Register. Among other things, the regulatory review memo suggested that agencies "consider...

New Secretary of Homeland Security Sworn In Today

Posted on January 21, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that former Arizona governor Janet Napolitano was sworn in today as the third Secretary of DHS. Announcements on other nominees for DHS leadership posts, including Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, are expected in the coming...

Webcast: FCPA Enforcement ? The Paradigm Shift of 2008

Posted on January 20, 2009
On January 28, 2009, the Securities Docket blog is holding a free one-hour webcast that will shed light on the significant developments in 2008 in the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Some of the trends that will be discussed during the webcast include: increasingly...

Siemens FCPA Cases Teach FCPA Dos & Don'ts

Posted on January 20, 2009
A story in today's Compliance Week discusses the lessons learned from the FCPA enforcement cases brought against Siemens AG and several of its foreign subsidiaries by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission. The article notes: Siemens? new management is practically doing a...

ICPA's Annual Trade Compliance Conference to be Held March 8-12, 2009

Posted on January 20, 2009
Registration is still open for the International Compliance Professionals Association's (ICPA) 2009 compliance conference that will be held March 8-12, 2009 in Anaheim, California. ICPAs annual compliance conference is unlike any offered in the international trade compliance community and is...

Exporting Fundamentals Webinar Presented by U.S. Export Assistance Center

Posted on January 20, 2009
It is not too late to register for the remaining programs in the U.S. Export Assistance Center of Missouri's Export Fundamentals webinar series that will be presented in January through March. The remaining dates and topics are as follows: January 28, 2009: Export Documentation Fundamentals ...

U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement to Take Effect on February 1, 2009

Posted on January 17, 2009
The U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (officially known as the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement) will go into effect on February 1, 2009. In Washington, DC, President Bush yesterday issued a proclamation to implement the free trade agreement and in Lima, Peruvian President Alan Garcia and Mercedes...

WSJ: Fresh Clues of Iranian Nuclear Intrigue

Posted on January 16, 2009
Today's Wall Street Journal contains a detailed report describing Iran's efforts to evade U.S. and U.N. sanctions by acquiring various metals from China that could be used in weapons, including long-range missiles. Records obtained by the WSJ show that an Iranian company, ABAN Commercial &...

Contraband Found by CBP in Entry Involving C-TPAT Participants

Posted on January 15, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sent a notice yesterday to all participants in the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program advising that CBP officers recently discovered 2,822 pounds of marijuana in a shipment from Mexico involving participants in the C-TPAT ...

U.S. and UAE Sign Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

Posted on January 15, 2009
The U.S. and United Arab Emirates (UAE) today signed an Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153). The remarks from today's signing ceremony can be found here...

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