Arms Trade Treaty Conference: Focus on Diversion Post-shipment on-site inspections are one of the main focuses of the German presidency of the Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP8) to the 2013 …
Minutes before midnight on her last day as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet authorized the release of a harshly critical report of China’s treatment of …
“While the United States space industrial base remains on an upward trajectory, the upward trajectory of the People's Republic of China is even steeper, with a significant rate of overtake, …
Continuing to emphasize that greater consequences drive greater compliance, BIS Export Enforcement Chief Matt Axelrod updated practitioners on the changes to export control enforcement firms can …
Estevez Comes Out Swinging Alan Estevez, the newly installed Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security shared his thinking at what he called his “coming out party” May …
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Russia, Belarus PNTR Status Hangs Fire. In a 424-8 vote Match 17 th the House of Representatives voted to eliminate Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia, leading to higher tariffs and …
In its much-hyped one-year assessment of the information and communications technology (ICT) supply chain, the Biden administration Feb. 24, 2022, released statements with lots of words, but …
"Kill your darlings," many famous writers have been quoted as saying. State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) took that advice to heart when it published its revised guidance on …
In the latest move by lawmakers to take back control over certain arms exports, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Feb. 2, 2022, introduced the Values in Arms Export Act of 2022 (S. 3558), legislation that …
Census officials weren't kidding when they said they were close to a decision about removing export filing requirements for shipments from U.S. states to Puerto Rico. In the Federal Register Feb. 4, …
In its second opinion procedure release in six years, Justice Jan. 31, 2022, said it would not take any enforcement action under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) against an unnamed U.S.-based …
Hearing no complaints, Treasury Jan. 6, 2022, extended the deadline for countries to fit the criteria to be considered "excepted foreign state" and "excepted real estate foreign state" by one year to …
Census is close to publishing a Federal Register notice in response to comments on removing export filing requirements from shipments from U.S. states to Puerto Rico, Omari Wooden, Census assistant …
When the Senate passed the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in an 88-11 vote Dec. 15, 2021, the compromise bill did not include two high-profile amendments: one that would impose …
It's December, time for changes to the Automated Export System (AES). Census proposed one AES change and announced another as a done deal, that will add clarity to the agency's record-keeping and …
Have questions about violations and disclosures, debarments, rescissions and reinstatements? State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has answers, in a series of new Frequently Asked …
In its annual report released Nov. 17, 2021, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) made two dozen recommendations to Congress, including two that involve tackling export …
The Biden administration is developing a new Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy that will reflect "the president's goals of putting diplomacy first, respecting human rights and international …
At a shared 90-minute Senate Banking Committee hearing Oct. 7, 2021, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) assistant secretary for export enforcement nominee Matthew Axelrod, a former Justice …