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Deadline for NCITD International Trade Scholarship is Approaching

Posted on March 05, 2010
Update: Application deadline extended to April 15, 2010. The National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) has established a scholarship for students of international trade. Scholarships awarded (minimum $1,000) will be paid directly to the institution, in the name of the...

Secretary of State Clinton Addresses Export Control Reform During House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing

Posted on March 04, 2010
The following is an excerpt of a brief exchange between Representative Don Manzullo (R-IL) and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on export controls at last week's House Foreign Affairs Committee on the FY 2011 international affairs budget. Rep...

GSP Import Benefits at Stake for Certain Countries and Products

Posted on March 04, 2010
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Client Advisory: DUTY-FREE IMPORT BENEFITS AT STAKE FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND PRODUCTSMarch 25 Deadline for Comments on GSP Eligibility U.S. importers, trade associations and foreign governments have until 5:00 p.m. on March 25 to submit comments to the Office of...

Three Persons Indicted in Los Angeles for Conspiring to Export Assualt Rifle Parts and Gun Sights to Phillipines

Posted on February 26, 2010
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced yesterday that a federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted the former owner of a Los Angeles-area gun store and two employees of a freight forwarding company for violating international arms trafficking and export control laws for allegedly...

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Photos From BIS 2010 Export Control Forum

Posted on February 25, 2010
Below are some photos from the Bureau of Industry and Security's 2010 Export Control Forum that was held earlier this week in Irvine, California. The event's Keynote Speaker was Kevin Wolf, who was recently sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration...

Next NCITD Meeting to Feature Speakers from OFAC, DDTC and FinCEN

Posted on February 23, 2010
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in Washington, DC and will feature the following speakers: Adam Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury...

U.S. Customs Broker Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Defrauding Importer

Posted on February 19, 2010
An unusual criminal case involving a customs broker illustrates the need for U.S. importers to be vigilant in exercising oversight over the activity of their customs brokers. Earlier this week a New York-based customs broker was sentenced to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release...

Two BIS Nominees Confirmed by Senate

Posted on February 12, 2010
Yesterday the U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin Wolf to serve as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration and David Mills to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement. The confirmations occurred after Senate Republicans released a hold on a number of pending nominees...

U.S. Treasury Department Adds Affiliates of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to SDN List

Posted on February 10, 2010
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today took further action to implement existing U.S. sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by adding to the Specially Designated Nationals List an individual and four companies affiliated with the...

U.S. Customs Issues Memorandum on Paperless Entry of ITAR-Controlled Goods

Posted on February 10, 2010
The following story was published in Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg's World Trade\INTERACTIVE daily newsletter and is reprinted by permission: Procedures on Paperless Entry of ITAR-Controlled Goods. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued to its field offices Feb...

Aerospace Engineer Sentenced to More than 15 Years in Prison After Being Convicted of Economic Espionage and Acting as Chinese Foreign Agent

Posted on February 10, 2010
An aerospace engineer formerly employed by Rockwell International and Boeing was sentenced on February 8, 2009 to 15 years and eight months in federal prison after being convicted on charges of economic espionage and acting as an agent of the People's Republic of China (PRC)...

Virginia Resident Pleads Guilty in Connection With Role in Conspiracy to Pay Bribes to Obtain Business in Panama

Posted on February 10, 2010
Despite the snow in the Washington, DC area, the blizzard of FCPA prosectutions continues. Today, John W. Warwick pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson in Richmond, Virginia., to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiring to make corrupt payments to foreign...

Export Control Reform 2010: Transforming the Legal Architecture of Dual-Use and Defense Trade Controls

Posted on February 09, 2010
While there have been many export control reform proposals issued in the past few months, very few of them have focused on the legal aspects of the U.S. export control regime. Neena Shenai, an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, has added an interesting...

BIS Publishes Final Rule Amending EAR for Certain Exports Used on International Space Station

Posted on February 09, 2010
While the federal government in Washington, DC remains closed today for the second day in a row, the Government Printing Office remains open and publishing the Federal Register. Today's edition of the Federal Register contains one export control-related notice, a final rule published by the Bureau...

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Advisory: Finding a Willing Buyer Only One Part of the Export Process

Posted on February 08, 2010
Finding a Willing Buyer Only One Part of the Export Process Exporters Looking to Boost Business Need to Mind Rules and Regulations Too The Obama administration is launching a government-wide effort to double U.S. exports over the next five years as part of a plan to increase domestic...

U.K. Company Fined $17 Million for Exporting Boeing 747s to Iran

Posted on February 05, 2010
Balli Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based Balli Group PLC (collectively "Balli"), pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a two-count criminal information in connection with its illegal export of commercial Boeing 747 aircraft from the...

Next NCITD Meeting to Feature Speakers Discussing Export Control Reform and ITAR Issues

Posted on February 05, 2010
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 in Washington, DC and will feature the following speakers: Bill Reinsch, President, National Foreign Trade Council Topic: Export Control Reform UpdateCharles B...

Two BIS Nominees Approved by Senate Banking Committee

Posted on February 05, 2010
Yesterday the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs approved the nominations of Kevin Wolf to serve as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration and David Mills to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement...

Taiwan National Arrested on Charges of Exporting Dual-Use Products From United States to Iran

Posted on February 04, 2010
The Justice Department announced today that Mr. Yi-Lan Chen, aka ?Kevin Chen,? who holds a Taiwan passport, was arrested yesterday in Guam on charges of illegally exporting commodities for Iran?s missile program in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Iranian...

2010 Quadrennial Defense Review Highlights Need to Reform U.S. Export Control System

Posted on February 04, 2010
On February 1st, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates delivered the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) report to Congress. The QDR, which was mandated by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (10 USC 118(a)), is intended to be a "comprehensive examination of the...

OFAC Publishes Belarus Sanctions Regulations

Posted on February 04, 2010
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published in yesterday's Federal Register the Belarus Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. Part 548) to implement Executive Order 13405 issued by President Bush in June 2006 that authorized the blocking of assets of individuals and...

President Obama Advises Congress That North Korea Will not be Redesignated as State Sponsor of Terrorism

Posted on February 04, 2010
In a notification required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, President Obama today sent a letter to Congress stating that the Obama Administraition will not reinstate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism since it "does not meet the the statutory criteria to...

DDTC Imposes $1 Million Penalty on German Company and U.S. Affiliate for ITAR Violations

Posted on February 04, 2010
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) announced today that it entered into a consent agreement this week with Kaltenkirchen, Germany-based Interturbine Aviation Logistics GmbH, and its Grand Prairie Texas branch office, Interturbine Aviation Logistics GmbH, LLC, to...

Senate Passes Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act

Posted on January 29, 2010
In a surprise move, the Senate this evening passed the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (S. 2799) on a voice vote after very little debate. The vote occurred only a day after Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT),...

U.S. Business Groups Urge Obama Administration to Oppose Legislation to Broaden Scope of Iran Sanctions

Posted on January 26, 2010
Several leading U.S. business organizations and associations sent a letter today to National Security Advisor James Jones and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers urging the Obama Administration to oppose the Iran sanctions bills currently pending in Congress...

Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing on BIS Officials

Posted on January 21, 2010
As mentioned in our previous post, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing today on the confirmation of two senior Bureau of Industry and Security officials, Kevin Wolf, nominated as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, and David Mills,...

Senate to Hold Hearing on Nominations of Senior BIS Officials

Posted on January 20, 2010
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold a hearing tomorrow, January 21, 2009, on the confirmation of several persons nominated to serve in the Obama Administation, including two senior officials at the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...

Incoterms Update: Incoterms 2010 Likely to Take Effect in January 2011

Posted on January 20, 2010
Frank Reynolds, the U.S. Delegate to the International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) Incoterms committee, has provided International Trade Law News with an update on the status of the revisions currently underway to Incoterms 2000, the standardized trade terms commonly used in international sales...

Export Control Practitioners Group Issues U.S. Export Control Reform Recommendations

Posted on January 19, 2010
Today the Export Control Practitioners Group, composed of a diverse group of associations, businesses, practitioners and seasoned compliance experts, released a comprehensive set of specific recommendations for transparent and efficient reform of the U...

Twenty Two Executives and Employees of Military and Law Enforcement Products Companies Indicted in Alleged Foreign Bribery Scheme

Posted on January 19, 2010
The Justice Department announced today that 22 executives and employees of companies in the military and law enforcement products industry have been indicted and arrested in the largest single investigation and prosecution against individuals in the history of the enforcement of the U...

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