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President Bush Signs U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act

Posted on October 09, 2008
Today President Bush signed H.R. 7081, the U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act that approves the U.S-India Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (commonly known as the 123 agreement) and establishes the legal framework for that...

APHIS Publishes Lacey Act Implementation Notice and Will Hold Public Meeting

Posted on October 08, 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will host a public meeting on October 14, 2008 to discuss the new declaration requirement established by recent revisions to the Lacey Act. The meeting will be held in the Jefferson Auditorium at USDA?s South...

U.S. and Cuba to Play World Cup Qualifying Game in Washington, DC This Saturday

Posted on October 08, 2008
The U.S. national soccer team will play Cuba in a World Cup qualifying game at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC this coming Saturday night, October 11th. With a victory, the U.S. (3-0 in qualifying matches) would clinch a spot in next year's final round of regional qualifying for the 2010 World Cup...

CBP Announces Inclusion of Third Party Logistics Providers (3PL) in C-TPAT Starting in 2009

Posted on October 08, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently announced that it will permit Third Party Logistics Providers (3PLs) to enroll in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program starting in January 2009. In order to be eligible for participation in the C-TPAT program, the 3PL must: Be...

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BIS Imposes $108,000 Penalty on Houston Freight Forwarder for Violating Antiboycott Regulations

Posted on October 08, 2008
The U.S. Department of Commerce?s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced that the Houston, Texas operations of Rohde & Liesenfeld, Inc., a German-based freight forwarder that has since been aquired by another freight forwarding company, agreed to pay a $108,000 civil penalty to...

OFAC Issues September 2008 Monthly Civil Penalties Report

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued its September 2008 (pdf) monthly report of civil penalties imposed on companies and individuals for allegedly violating the sanctions regimes administered by OFAC. Companies - OFAC announced the following five...

BIS Modifies Text of ECCN 2B350

Posted on October 07, 2008
U.S. manufacturers and exporters of products classified under Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 2B350 should be aware that the final rule issued by BIS on October 6, 2008 making changes to the Commerce Control List contained several changes to ECCN 2B350...

TTB Issues Wine Labeling Publication

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's (TTB) Advertising, Labeling and Formulation Division recently published a booklet entitled Sample Wine Labels: A Bit Beyond the Basics (pdf). The publication contains examples of approvable domestic and imported wine labels,...

Space Foundation Publishes White Paper on ITAR and the U.S. Space Industry

Posted on October 07, 2008
The non-profit Space Foundation recently published a white paper entitled "ITAR and the U.S. Space Industry" that examines the effect of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) on the export of space-related products and technology. The White Paper is based on a survey conducted by...

Exports of Defense Article and Services to Eritrea Now Prohibited

Posted on October 06, 2008
The Department of State has published a final rule in today's Federal Register amending section 126.1 of the International Traffic in Arms regulations to add Eritrea to the list of countries not cooperating fully with antiterrorism efforts. As a result, defense articles and services can no longer...

CBP Issues Agenda For 2008 Trade Symposium

Posted on October 06, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the draft agenda (doc) for the sold-out 2008 Trade Symposium that will be held at the end of this month in Washington, DC. The program will feature the following breakout sessions: TSA Air Cargo Screening Programs - TSA?s 100% Air Cargo Screening and...

New BIS Encryption Regulation Contains Good and Bad News for U.S. Exporters

Posted on October 06, 2008
Today's guest post on BIS's recently issued encryption regulation was written by Felice Laird, a consultant on encryption and other export control issues and founder of Export Strategies, LLC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New BIS...

Costa Rica Granted Extension to Join CAFTA-DR

Posted on October 06, 2008
The U.S. Trade Representative has announced that an agreement was signed on October 1, 2008 that will provide Costa Rica with an extension of time until January 1, 2009 to join the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)...

Next NCITD Meeting to Feature Speakers from OFAC, JPMorgan and BIS.

Posted on October 05, 2008
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 in Washington, DC and will feature the following speakers: Ori Lev, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Foreign Assets ControlBrad Brooks-Rubin, Attorney-Advisor...

OFAC Authorizes American Iranian Council to Open Office in Tehran

Posted on October 05, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has granted a specific license authorizing a U.S.-based non-profit organization to open an office in Iran. The Princeton, New Jersey-based American Iranian Council (AIC) recently announced that it has received a license authorizing it to...

Congress Extends GSP and ATPA Programs Until December 31, 2009

Posted on October 05, 2008
In addition to passing the bailout bill on the last day of this session of Congress, the House and Senate did U.S. importers a favor by passing H.R 7222, legislation that will extend the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA) until December 31,...

Aerospace Industries Association Criticizes Senate's Failure to Approve U.S.-U.K. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty

Posted on October 05, 2008
The Financial Times newspaper reports that the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) recently sent a letter to Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Joe Biden criticizing the Senate's decision to delay consideration of the bilateral defense trade cooperation treaty between the U...

Summary and Overview of the Five Important Final and Proposed Rules Published by BIS

Posted on October 05, 2008
The following are the descriptions of and Federal Register links to the five important final and proposed rules recently published by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security: Final and Interim Final Rules: 1. De Minimis U.S. Content in Foreign Made Items (October 1, 2008) - This...

News From Day 3 of Update 2008

Posted on October 04, 2008
As in the past, Update 2008 concluded with an export enforcement plenary session, which started with a keynote speech by Daryl Jackson, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement. The full text of Assistant Secretary Jackson's speech can be found here...

Census Makes Changes to AESDirect Online System

Posted on October 01, 2008
In addition to the enforcement of the new mandatory and advanced AES regulation, effective today Census has modified the AESDirect online EEI filing system to have heightened security measures and user authentication practices. These changes include: - Individual User Account Administration -...

DDTC Posts FAQs on Registration Fee Changes

Posted on October 01, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted on its website FAQs regarding the recently announced changes and increases to the registration fees. Of particular note, DDTC stated that applications used to calculate the new registration fee include DSP-5s, 73s, 61s, 85s, 119s, 53s and...

News From Day 2 of Update 2008

Posted on October 01, 2008
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher R. Wall announced at Update 2008 today that the long awaited de minimis rule, the first of five soon to be published regulations, will be published in tomorrow's Federal Register. The de minimis rule, which will be published as...

Enforcement of Mandatory and Advanced AES Filing Regulation Starts October 1, 2008

Posted on September 30, 2008
All U.S. exporters, freight forwarders and foreign principal parties in interest are reminded that the new Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) (15 CFR Part 30) published on June 2, 2008 are now in effect. Starting tomorrow, October 1, 2008, exporters who submit paper Shippers Export Declarations will...

News from Day 1 of Update 2008

Posted on September 30, 2008
Bureau of Industry and Security staff announced today at the Update 2008 mini sessions that several long-awaited regulations will soon be published in the Federal Register, including revised encryption controls and updated de minimis content rules. For the first time, many of the Update sessions...

House Passes Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act

Posted on September 28, 2008
In an unusual move, the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday evening passed by a voice vote H.R. 7112, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act. H.R. 7112 was introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) at the last minute and was not...

Vanderbilt Professors Collaborate Carefully

Posted on September 28, 2008
The online version of Vanderbilt University's student newspaper reports how the recent conviction of University of Tennessee professor J. Reece Roth of violating U.S. export control laws" has spurred fellow academics, including those at Vanderbilt, to more closely examine their collaborations with...

Hartford Business Journal: Industry Applauds New Dual-Use Rule

Posted on September 28, 2008
The latest edition of the Hartford Business Journal contains an article entitled "Industry Applauds New Dual-Use Rule", which discusses how Connecticut's many aerospace companies will benefit from the State Department's recently issued final rule clarifying the jurisdiction of parts and components ...

Shu Arrest Part of Ramped-Up Effort to Curb Arms Sales

Posted on September 28, 2008
The Norfolk, Virgina-based The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reports on last week's arrest of Mr. Shu Quan-Sheng, the President of AMAC International, for violating the Arms Export Control Act and FCPA. The article notes that: The recent arrest of a Newport News scientist on charges of selling space...

House Approves U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

Posted on September 28, 2008
By a vote of 298-117, the House of Representatives on Friday passed H.R. 7081, the U.S. -India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act. The Senate must now pass a similar resolution in order for the U.S.-India Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation (pdf) (commonly...

DDTC Increases Annual Registration Fees on Manufacturers and Exporters

Posted on September 28, 2008
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Controls published in the Federal Register last week a final rule amending the ITAR to increase registration fees and change the registration renewal period for manufacturers and exporters of defense articles and services...

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