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Welcome to BIS Update 2008

Posted on September 26, 2008
International Trade Law News and the law firm of Strasburger & Price, LLP look forward to seeing our readers at next week's BIS Update 2008 conference in Washington, DC. While we will not be blogging from Update this year, please contact us if you would like to meet during your visit to...

BIS Posts Iran Web Guidance for Exporters

Posted on September 26, 2008
In an effort to educate U.S. exporters on how to prevent the diversion of U.S. goods to Iran, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has created a new web page entitled "Guidance on Actions Exporters Can Take to Prevent Illicit Diversion of Items to Support Iran?s Nuclear Weapons or Ballistic...

Transparency International Releases 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index

Posted on September 25, 2008
Transparency International has released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2008 that measures the perceived levels of public-sector corruption in countries. The 2008 CPI scores 180 countries (the same number as the 2007 CPI) on a scale from zero (highly corrupt) to ten (highly...

Virginia Physicist Charged With Violating Arms Export Control Act and FCPA

Posted on September 24, 2008
In what appears to be the latest trend, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced the arrest of an individual that was charged with violating export controls laws and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Mr. Shu Quan-Sheng, a PhD physicist the President of AMAC...

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BIS Announces Members of Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee

Posted on September 23, 2008
The Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC), which was established to advise BIS on technical questions that affect export controls on dual-use research and development and deemed exports, held its first meeting today at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC ...

Final Rule Adding Parties to the Entity List and Removing General Order No. 3 Published in Monday's Federal Register

Posted on September 22, 2008
The BIS final rule adding parties to the Entity List and removing General Order No. 3 that we discussed last week was published in Monday's Federal Register (September 22, 2008) and can be found here. This is a summary of the article. Click on the above link or visit www...

USTR Announces Review to Consider Whether Kosovo is Eligible for GSP

Posted on September 21, 2008
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has published a notice in Monday's Federal Register announcing the initiation of a review to consider designating the Republic of Kosovo as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program...

Senate Delays Consideration of U.S. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties with the U.K. and Australia

Posted on September 21, 2008
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has indicated that it will wait until the next session of Congress before considering the Defense Trade Cooperation treaties with the U.K. and Australia that were signed in 2007. The Aerospace Industries Association reacted to this news by issuing...

USTR Conducting Annual Review of Country Eligibility for Benefits Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act

Posted on September 21, 2008
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has announced that it is requesting written public comments for the annual review of the eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)...

DDTC Clarifies Scope of USML Category XIV

Posted on September 19, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has published a final rule in today's Federal Register clarifying that certain drugs containing nitrogen mustards that are used in chemotherapy are not within the definition of "chemical agents'' in USML Category XIV of the U...

Roth Conviction Increases Export Control Awareness on Campus

Posted on September 19, 2008
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that "University of Tennessee faculty members are taking more care to be sure they're in compliance with research laws and regulations following this month's conviction of UT professor emeritus J. Reece Roth." The article notes that the University of Tennessee's...

BIS and AEI to Hold Conference on Innovation and Counterproliferation

Posted on September 18, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) are presenting a half-day conference on technology and export control issues on September 24, 2008 in Washington, DC. The conference, entitled "Beyond the Zero-Sum Game: Technology Transfer and International Security in...

BIS Adds 75 Names to Entity List and Removes General Order No. 3

Posted on September 18, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has now released the names of the 75 parties added to the Entity List as part of yesterday's coordinated effort with the Departments of Justice and Treasury to rein in the global procurement network that attempted to acquire U...

FCPA-Related Prosecution of Individuals Likely to Increase

Posted on September 17, 2008
The latest issue of the well-respected Corporate Crime Reporter contains a summary of Justice Department attorney Mark F. Mendelsohn's comments made recently at a Foreign Corrupt Practices Program (FCPA) in Washington, DC. Mendelsohn serves as Deputy Chief of the...

The Impact of Corruption on Global Business

Posted on September 17, 2008
National Foreign Trade Counsel President Bill Reinsch made a speech today on "The Impact of Corruption on Global Business" at a FCPA program held in Washington, DC. This speech is worth reading, since Mr. Reinsch made several interesting and important points regarding the dramatic increase in FCPA...

OFAC Designates Six Iranian Military Firms

Posted on September 17, 2008
In an action timed to coincide with the criminal investigation and indictment of Iranian procurement front companies announced today by the Bureau of Industry and Security and Justice Department (see previous post), the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today...

BIS and Justice Department Announce Break Up of Iran-Related Procurement Network

Posted on September 17, 2008
The Commerce Department?s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Justice Department announced today that 16 foreign-based individuals and corporations were indicted and 75 parties were added to the Entity List because of their involvement in a global procurement network that sought to...

Minutes from August COAC Meeting Posted on CBP's Website

Posted on September 17, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted on its website the minutes (doc) from the August 7, 2008 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions, commonly known as the COAC...

Registration for SIA Advanced Conference Opens September 25th

Posted on September 16, 2008
The Society of International Affairs (SIA) will hold their "Fall Advanced" export compliance and licensing conference on November 12-14, 2008 in Washington, DC. Registration for the conference opens on September 25th at 12:00 noon EDT. For more information and the registration link see the...

Counsel for Convicted Professor Files Motions for Judgment for Acquittal

Posted on September 15, 2008
The attorneys for former University of Tennessee Professor J. Reece Roth, who was recently convicted of violating the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and wire fraud, have filed motions for a judgment of acquittal and a new trial under Rules 29 and 33 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure...

Kewill/Strasburger September 17th Houston Program to be Rescheduled

Posted on September 15, 2008
Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Ike, the Kewill/Strasburger Export Controls and Enforcement program scheduled to be held on September 17th in Houston will be postponed. The new program date will be announced soon. Our thoughts are with our friends in the Houston and Galveston areas...

U.S.-India Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Submitted to Congress

Posted on September 14, 2008
President Bush has submitted the text of the U.S.-India Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation (also known as the 123 Agreement) to Congress for approval. Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs must be consulted...

USTR Announces Products and Schedule for 2008 GSP Annual Review

Posted on September 14, 2008
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has published a notice announcing the petitions that have been accepted for consideration in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) 2008 Annual Review and the schedule for review. The USTR has indicated that it will review requests...

OFAC Unveils New Web-Based Cuba Travel Licensing System

Posted on September 14, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) has unveiled a new web-based system for the submission of applications to engage in permissible and licensable Cuba travel-related transactions, such as those involving religious activities, educational activities, professional...

CBP Issues List of Ports Closed Due to Hurricane Ike

Posted on September 14, 2008
As a result of Hurricane Ike, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that the following ports are currently closed and will only re-open on Tuesday September 16th at the very earliest: Houston Field OfficeArea Port of Houston/Galveston SeaportService Port of HoustonPort of Port Arthur,...

DDTC Issues FAQs on Company Visit Program: More than 60 Companies Visited to Date

Posted on September 14, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has posted on its website a document containing answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Company Visit Program administered by DDTC's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance. For convenience, the FAQs are reprinted below: What is the...

U.S. and Other Nations Step Up Bribery Battle

Posted on September 12, 2008
Today's Wall Street Journal reports on the increasing number of antibribery cases brought under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). While the article confirms what those of us who deal with the FCPA on a regular basis already know, the story contains a good overview of recent FCPA...

DDTC Issues Revised Licensing Check Lists and FAQS

Posted on September 11, 2008
Today the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) posted on its website the following new information: Updated License Review Check lists for the following types of applications: DSP-5, DSP-73 and DSP-61 (doc);Sample Checklist For Completing a DSP-5 for the employment of foreign persons...

Census Exempts Shipments to and From Puerto Rico From Advance AES Filing Requirements

Posted on September 11, 2008
The Census Bureau recently issued an important clarification relating to the filing of Electronic Export Information (EEI) through the Automated Export System (AES) for shipments between the U.S. and Puerto Rico. FTR Letter No. 1, a copy of which can be found here (pdf), states that because Puerto...

ITC Makes Final Affirmative Injury Determination on Wire Garment Hangers From China

Posted on September 11, 2008
The price of wire hangers from China is going to be remain high. By a vote of 6-0, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today made a final affirmative injury determination in the antidumping case on steel wire garment hangers from China. As a result of the ITC's affirmative determination,...

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