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Allies say Germany is "Wobbly" on Pressuring Iran

Posted on August 06, 2008
There has been a great deal of criticism of Germany's Federal Office of Economics and Export Control [known as BAFA] recent decision to approve the sale and export equipment to be used in three new gas liquefaction facilities in Southern Iran, even though such sale is not prohibited by German law...

DDTC Imposes $4 Million Penalty on Lockheed Martin for Unauthorized Exports of Technical Data

Posted on August 06, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls today posted documents on its website indicating that it has imposed a $4 million civil penalty on Lockheed Martin Company as a result of eight violations violations of the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations...

U.S. Subsidiary of Japanese Telecommunications Company Fined $500,000 For Conspiring to Reexport Items Produced From U.S. Technology to Iran

Posted on August 06, 2008
Allied Telesis Labs, Inc., the Raleigh, North Carolina based U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Allied Telesis K.K., was recently sentenced by a judge in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina to pay a $500,000 criminal fine and placed on probation for two years after pleading...

House Passes One-Year Extension of GSP Program

Posted on August 05, 2008
As we have reported, the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program is set to expire on December 31, 2008. Language that would extend GSP for an additional year, or until December 31, 2009, was included in H.R. 6560, a bill that passed the House last week to establish an earned import...

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Dateline NBC's Program on CBP Now Available Online

Posted on August 05, 2008
For those interested in seeing last Sunday's Dateline NBC report on CBP, portions of the program can be found at the following site: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/. Then scroll down to "Dateline". There are seven separate videos from the program. This is a summary of the article...

Canadian Government Blames ITAR for Delays in Acquiring New Military Equipment

Posted on August 05, 2008
Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper contains a front page story today on the adverse impact of the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) on Canada's acquisition of new military equipment. Below are some excerpts of the story. The complete story can be found here: Ottawa is facing an...

CBP Responds to Laptop Computer Search Controversy

Posted on August 05, 2008
Jayson Ahern, Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has responded to the recent controversy surrounding the search of laptop computers and other electronic devices of travelers arriving in the U.S. in a post on the Department of Homeland Security's Leadership Journal...

Reuters: Shipping Headaches Plague Small Companies

Posted on August 04, 2008
From today's Reuters Entrepreneur: It used to be that defense contractors were the primary focus of scrutiny. But under pressure to increase national security, U.S. regulators are casting their net over exported goods from cell phones to toys, looking for those who are shipping without a license...

Japanese Machine Tool Company Suspected of Export Control Violations

Posted on August 03, 2008
The BBC reports that police in Fukuyama, Japan have conducted a raid on the facilities of Horkos Corporation, manufacturer of machine tools, machining units and related peripheral equipment. According to the report, Horkos is suspected of allegedly exporting machine tools to South Korea that could...

Dateline NBC Presents Inside Look at U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Posted on August 03, 2008
Tonight's Dateline NBC episode was entitled "First Line of Defense" and was billed as "A look inside of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection bureau, as they take care of America's defense against terrorism, drug smugglers and illegal immigration." Unfortunately, CBP and the Department of...

Cuba Baseball Trip Criticized and Applauded on Capitol Hill

Posted on July 31, 2008
As we reported a couple of weeks ago, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a specific license authorizing the Twin State Peregrines, a youth baseball team comprised of 11 and 12 year-olds from New Hampshire and Vermont, to travel to Cuba and play a series of...

OFAC Imposes Nearly $2 Million in Civil Penalties During July

Posted on July 31, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued its monthly report of civil penalties imposed on companies and individuals for allegedly violating the sanctions regimes administered by OFAC. OFAC's monthly penalty report indicates that the agency settled nine cases...

USTR Seeking Information on China's Compliance With its WTO Commitments

Posted on July 31, 2008
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced today that it seeking public comments and will hold a hearing in Washington, DC in October for purposes of obtaining information to be used in the preparation of its statutorily-mandated annual report on China?s compliance with its World Trade...

USTR Requests Comments for Inclusion in National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers

Posted on July 31, 2008
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in today's Federal Register its annual announcement requesting interested parties to submit comments on significant barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services. The information submitted will be used by USTR to compile the National Trade Estimate...

Under Secretary Mancuso Sets Forth BIS Agenda For Final Six Months of Bush Administration

Posted on July 30, 2008
This morning, Under Secretary of Commerce Mario Mancuso delivered an address to the Washington International Trade Association entitled "Sprinting to the Finish: The BIS Agenda for the Final Six Months", which focused on the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) agenda for the final six months of...

President Signs Burma Legislation and OFAC Designates Companies Involved in Burmese Gem Trade

Posted on July 29, 2008
Today President Bush signed two pieces of legislation aimed at Burma that were recently passed by Congress. First, the President signed H.J.Res. 93, which renewed import restrictions on Burma that were contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003...

Extraterritorial Laws and Defense Trade Controls Top List of U.K.-U.S. Issues

Posted on July 29, 2008
In a story about U.S.-U.K. relations, the current edition of The Economist contains a list of "imbalances" in the areas of trade, justice and defense. Not surprisingly, issues relating to the extraterritorial application of U.S. economic sanctions and U...

Germany Approves Export of Natural Gas Equipment to Iran

Posted on July 29, 2008
International Herald Tribune: Germany's federal export control office has cleared the way for an engineering company to build three plants for Iran to liquefy natural gas, a government spokesman said Tuesday. The Federal Office of Economics and Export Control [known as BAFA] concluded after a...

Indonesian Citizen Sentenced to Four Years in U.S. Prison for Conspiring to Violate the Arms Export Control Act

Posted on July 28, 2008
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced today that Mr. Doli Sharief Pulungan, a citizen of Indonesia, was sentenced today to four years in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act by exporting ITAR-controlled rifle scopes to Indonesia...

California Man Indicated in Iran Exports Case Denied Bail

Posted on July 27, 2008
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State Department Issues Proposed Rule to Significantly Increase DDTC Registration Fees

Posted on July 27, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published in Monday's Federal Register the anticipated and controversial proposed rule to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to significantly increase registration fees. This proposal is intended to implement part of President...

President Issues Executive Order Expanding Zimbabwe Sanctions and OFAC Adds Additional Zimbabwe Entities to SDN List

Posted on July 25, 2008
President Bush today issued an Executive Order (EO) expanding the scope of U.S. sanctions on Zimbabwe. The EO states that the recent actions and policies of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions "warrant an expansion of the...

CBP Proposes to Change Rules of Origin for Determining Country of Origin of Imported Goods

Posted on July 25, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has proposed yet another significant change to long-standing U.S. customs law and policy. In today's Federal Register, CBP published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would amend CBP's regulations to replace the "substantial transformation" test for...

BIS Update Dates Announced!

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security today announced that the annual Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy will be held September 29 - October 1, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC. The program will begin on Monday, September 29 and will feature several "mini training...

CBP Grants Hurricane Related "Snow Day"

Posted on July 24, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that due to the impact from Hurricane Dolly, a "snow day" has been granted for all filers of customs entries in the ports of Brownsville and Progreso, Texas for July 23, 2008. As a result, CBP is granting a one day extension for the filing and...

President Issues Notice Reauthorizing Legal Authority for Export Administration Regulations

Posted on July 24, 2008
Because the Export Administration Act of 1979, which lapsed in August 2001, has not been renewed by Congress, President Bush has issued a notice stating that the national emergency caused by the lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (EAA) will continue in effect for one year beyond August...

BIS Seeks Technical Advisory Committee Members

Posted on July 24, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in today's Federal Register a notice announcing the recruitment of private-sector members to the various Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) maintained by BIS. The TACs advise BIS on the technical parameters for export controls applicable to...

DDTC Publishes Updated Guidance for Iraq and Afghanistan Export Licenses

Posted on July 23, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) today published on its website an updated version of its "Guidance for Iraq and Afghanistan Cases" publication. The updated publication, which sets for the various requirements associated with the submission of export licenses directly supporting...

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

Posted on July 23, 2008
Since it is a relatively slow trade law news day, I thought I would give you something to add to your summer reading list. The most recent edition of The Economist gives a good review to the the book A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World, a history of world trade, written by financial...

Under Secretary Mancuso Delivers Keynote Speech on Iran to Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Posted on July 22, 2008
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Mario Mancuso today presented a keynote speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy entitled "Confronting the Challenge of Iran: Comprehensive Solutions for a Comprehensive Threat." The speech focused on the U...

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