On December 9, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it was amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to apply more restrictive treatment to exports and reexports to, and transfers within, Cambodia of items
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US Imposes Arms Embargo on Cambodia Over China Concerns
On December 9, 2021, the US government announced an arms embargo on Cambodia, driven by a litany of issues, including concerns about the country’s military cooperation with China and human rights abuses. The arms embargo is implemented through the International…
BIS and DDTC Add Cambodia to their ‘Naughty’ List
On December 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) both issued final rules adding export restrictions on Cambodia.
BIS amended the Export…
U.S. Imposes Restrictions, Issues Warning on Business with Cambodia
By Thad McBride
On November 10, the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, and Commerce issued an unusual joint advisory (the “advisory”) on the risk of investing and interacting with certain Cambodian individuals and entities. The advisory is evidence of the United States’ active…
Commerce Initiates AD and CVD Investigations of Imports of Mattresses from Multiple Countries
On April 21, 2020, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced the initiation of antidumping (“AD”) duty investigations of imports of mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam and a countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigation of imports of mattresses…
Franchising in Cambodia
Introduction
Cambodia has a rapidly growing economy with a sustained impressive growth rate of 7.7% between 1995 and 2018 (World Bank, Cambodia Overview). During that time, Cambodia has transitioned from being classified by the World Bank as a low-income country…
Cambodia Continues Jail of Surrogate Mothers
By Family Law
From Cambodia is continuing to jail surrogate mothers. Three women were charged with human trafficking last week. After being detained in Vietnam they had been handed over to Cambodian authorities, allegedly carrying babies for foreign nationals. If convicted, they could be jailed for…
“Specific Instances” under OECD Guidelines – What can financial institutions learn from the recent ANZ case on providing finance to a company engaged in human rights abuses
The Australian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (“AusNCP”), which handles “specific instances” relating to alleged non-observance of the Guidelines, has released its final statement (https://cdn.tspace.gov.au/uploads/sites/112/2018/10/11_AusNCP_Final_Statement.pdf) on a case concerning the Australia and New…
Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia Convticts Two Former Khmer Rouge Leaders of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and Grave Breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has convicted former senior Khmer Rouge leaders NUON Chea and KHIEU Samphan of genocide, crimes against humanity, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The…
Devastation and Denial: Cambodia and the Academic Left – Quillette
Admittedly, skulls don t elicit a reaction from me. A background in anthropology has desensitized me to skeletal human remains. But what does disturb me is the clothing. Clothes released from the putrefied remains of their massacred owners are still…