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By Douglas Jacobson

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Last Entry: September 22, 2020 at 11:18:55

International Trade Law News Marks 7th Anniversary

Posted on November 08, 2010
International Trade Law News recently marked its 7th anniversary. I am grateful for the kind words and favorable comments received from clients, colleagues, government officials, law students and members of the international trade community. I very much appreciate all of your support, as well...

U.K. Issues Notice to Exporters on Implementation of US-UK Defense Trade Treaty

Posted on October 05, 2010
As a follow-up to our previous post on the U.S. Senate's ratification of the U.S.-United Kingdom and U.S.-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties, the U.K.'s Export Control Organisation issued the following notice to U.K. exporters reminding them that "...

Better Late Than Never: U.S. Senate Approves U.S.-U.K. and U.S.-Australia Defense Trade Treaties

Posted on September 30, 2010
More than three years after they were signed, yesterday the U.S. Senate ratified the U.S.-United Kingdom and U.S.-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties. While the Treaty Clause of the U.S. Constitution require two-thirds vote of Senators present to concur, both treaties were approved by an...

House Foreign Affairs Committee Indefinitely Postpones Markup of Cuba Travel Bill

Posted on September 28, 2010
House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today announced that the Committee's markup of H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, a bill that would lift the ban on Americans traveling to Cuba, has been...

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Today's Import and Export News and Notes

Posted on September 28, 2010
Today's import and export news and notes: Miscellaneous An interesting trade-related cartoon in the op-ed section of yesterday's New York Times shows importance of U.S. National Export Initiative. Export Controls and Sanctions House Foreign Affairs Committee to markup bill (HR 4645) on...

OFAC Issues Final Rule Prohibiting Importation into U.S. of Iranian Origin Food and Carpets

Posted on September 28, 2010
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a final rule in today's Federal Register amending the Iranian Transactions Regulations (ITR) to prohibit the importation into the U.S. of foodstuffs and carpets of Iranian origin starting tomorrow, September 29,...

Summary of Xe Services LLC's Settlement Agreement with State Department for Alleged ITAR Violations

Posted on September 16, 2010
Below is a detailed summary of the recent $42 million settlement entered into between the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and Xe Service LLC, formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, for numerous alleged violations of the ITAR and the Arms Export Control Act...

President's Export Council to Meet Today/Export Promotion Cabinet Releases Plan to Double Exports

Posted on September 16, 2010
The President's Export Council (PEC) will meet at 9:30 a.m. today in Washington to discuss topics related to the National Export Initiative (NEI). President Obama is scheduled to deliver remarks to PEC at 9:45 a.m. The meeting will be shown via live webcast on the White House's website...

Commerce Department's Proposed Changes to AD/CVD Policy and Procedures Likely to be Criticized by U.S. Trading Partners

Posted on August 27, 2010
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today a number of proposed changes to U.S. antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) policy and procedures intended to "strengthen trade enforcement and help keep U.S companies competitive." These measures, which are certain to be controversial and...

U.S. Representatives Send Letter Asking President to Enforce Iran Sanctions Act

Posted on August 24, 2010
Citing news reports outlining apparent violations of the recently enacted Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA), U.S. Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Ron Klein (D-Fla.) recently sent a letter to President Obama asking the Administration to immediately...

Date of First Meeting and Structure of President's Export Council Announced

Posted on August 23, 2010
President's Export Council Chairman Jim McNerney and Vice Chairman Ursula Burns have announced that they plan to structure the group into the following five subcommittees: 1. Small and Medium Sized Business Engagement 2. Export Promotion and Advocacy 3...

State Department Imposes $42 Million in Civil Penalties on Xe Services for Numerous ITAR Violations

Posted on August 23, 2010
The U.S. Department of State announced today that on August 18, 2010, Xe Services LLC (formerly Blackwater Worldwide) entered into a civil penalty agreement with the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) to settle numerous alleged violations of the Arms Export Control Act...

September NCITD Meeting to Focus on Export Controls and Sanctions Enforcement

Posted on August 17, 2010
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on September 8, 2010 in Washington, DC. The program will focus on export controls and sanctions enforcement and will feature the following speakers: John Sonderman, Acting Director, Office of Export...

Trade Compliance Certificates vs. Certification: Buyer Beware!

Posted on August 17, 2010
Trade compliance professionals need to understand the difference between a certificate program and a certification program before paying for import and export compliance education, training and testing courses according to an article in the August 2010 edition of The Export Practitioner...

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Advisory: Obama Administration Details Proposed Export Control Reforms

Posted on April 22, 2010
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DETAILS PROPOSED EXPORT CONTROL REFORMS Envisions Single Control List and Licensing Agency Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlined yesterday the Obama administration's long-awaited proposal to reform the U.S. export control system...

Longest Prison Sentence To Date Imposed for FCPA Violation

Posted on April 20, 2010
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson sentenced Charles Paul Edward Jumet to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and making a false statement to federal agents...

Complete Text of Secretary Gates' Export Control Reform Speech

Posted on April 20, 2010
The full text of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' export control reform speech delivered today in Washington, DC is reprinted below. I have highlighted the key reform proposals in the speech in bold text. ... This is a summary of the article. Click on the above link or visit www...

White House Issues Fact Sheet on President's Export Control Reform Initiative

Posted on April 20, 2010
Following Secretary Gates' export control reform speech today, the White House issued the following Fact Sheet containing additional details on the President's Export Control Reform Initiative: Fact Sheet on the President's Export Control Reform Initiative Earlier today, Secretary of Defense...

Latest Update on Incoterms 2010

Posted on April 14, 2010
Frank Reynolds, the U.S. Delegate to the International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) Incoterms Committee, has provided International Trade Law News with another update on the status of the revisions currently underway to Incoterms 2000, the standardized trade terms commonly used in international...

Defense Secretary Gates to Outline Export Control Reform Proposals

Posted on April 13, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to announce the results of the Obama Administration's proposed export control reform review in a speech to the the Business Executives for National Security on April 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. In his speech, Secretary Gates is likely to describe...

DDTC Issues Announcement on New and Pending ITAR Licenses to Kyrgyzstan

Posted on April 09, 2010
As a result of this week's ousting of the President of Kyrgyzstan by the opposition, the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) today issued the following announcement regarding delays in license applications for the export of ITAR-controlled items to Kyrgyzstan: In...

Upcoming Export Compliance Webinars - Antiboycott Issues and Exporting Humanitarian Products to Embargoed Countries

Posted on April 08, 2010
The law firm of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg is presenting the following two export compliance webinars in the coming weeks: ?Dealing with Antiboycott Issues in the Real World on April 20, 2010 - This webinar is intended to provide exporters and freight forwarders with an overview and in-depth...

AAEI Issues "The Innovation Economy for America" Policy Paper

Posted on March 15, 2010
The American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) has isssued a policy paper entitled ?The Innovation Economy for America.? The paper, which was sent to all members of Congress last week, contains a series of ideas that, if adopted, would according to AAEI "greatly increase the likelihood...

U.S. India High Technology Cooperation Group Meetings to Take Place this Week in DC

Posted on March 14, 2010
The seventh U.S.-India High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) will take place this Monday and Tuesday (March 15 and 16) in Washington, DC. The HCTG was formed in 2002 to provide a forum for discussing U.S.-India high-technology trade issues. The HCTG is co-chaired by the U...

Import and Export News Briefs

Posted on March 12, 2010
Washington Times reports today on issues holding up confirmation of Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security (BIS). Compliance with import/export regulations and FCPA among top five corporate compliance challenges in 2010 for technology companies...

Text of Executive Order on President's National Export Initiative

Posted on March 11, 2010
NEI Executive Order ...

President Announces Details of National Export Initiative at Ex-Im Bank's Annual Conference

Posted on March 11, 2010
In a speech today at the Export-Import Bank of the United States annual conference in Washington, DC, President Obama provided more details on the National Export Initiative (NEI) and his goal of doubling U.S. exports in the next five years that was announced in his State of the Union Speech in...

President Announces Two Export Control Reform Initiatives Today

Posted on March 11, 2010
In a speech today on the National Export Initiative made today at the Export-Import Bank of the United States annual conference in Washington, DC, President Obama announced two specific changes in U.S. export control laws that the Administration plans to implement: A new one-time online review...

Secretary Locke Participates in White House Web Chat to Discuss National Export Initiative

Posted on March 11, 2010
Here is the video from today's White House chat session that Commerce Secretary Gary Locke held following the President's speech on the National Export Initiative. Questions were submitted via Twitter (@seclocke), Facebook and email. www.tradelawnews...

Remarks at Today's State Department Briefing Fail to Clear Up Confusion Over Dealing With BAE Systems

Posted on March 10, 2010
As has been reported there is a great deal of confusion in the U.S. defense trade community about dealing with BAE Systems plc and their U.S. affiliates in light of the company's guilty plea last week to a conspiracy charge in connection with certain statements made to the U...

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