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Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Commerce Department Issues New Export Controls on Russia in Response to the Invasion of Ukraine
As part of a package of new sanctions on Russia that are effective February 24, 2022, the United States imposed a series of significant new export control measures on exports…
Global Trade Law Blog
Verify, Then Trust: Commerce Adds 33 Parties in China to Unverified List
By Julien Blanquart, Reid Whitten
BIS added 33 Chinese companies to the Unverified List. The UVL places lesser restrictions designees than an Entity List or Sanctions designation BIS may not have been able to verify…
Israel Global Gateway
Guest Blog: When is a non-US product free from the EAR
By Israel Group
By: Thomas M. deButts Many non-US-manufactured products are still trapped under the US long-arm jurisdiction of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).1 Whether or not foreign-made products incorporating US-origin content or manufactured…
International Compliance Blog
United Arab Emirates Has Terminated its Boycott Against Israel, but Certain US Antiboycott Risks May Remain
By Jack Hayes, Ed Krauland, Amanda Pedvin Varma
On June 9, 2021, the US Department of Commerce (Commerce), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), published a notice in the Federal Register amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15…
SmarTrade
BIS Issues FAQs on Foreign Military Sales
On May 12, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in an effort to respond to numerous questions…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
BIS Lifts Anti-Terrorism Export Controls on Sudan
By Kelley Drye
Effective January 14, 2021, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced amendments to Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to implement the rescission of Sudan as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. …
SmarTrade
Encryption Exports: Annual Self-Classification Reports Due February 1, 2021
By Thompson Hine International Trade
Key Notes: Many products and software that use encryption are eligible for export without a license under U.S. export controls if certain requirements are followed. Mass market and other items…
International Compliance Blog
BIS Amends Country Group Designations for Ukraine, Mexico, and Cyprus Under the EAR
By Meredith Rathbone, Ed Krauland, Jordan Cannon
On December 23, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industrial Security (BIS) published a rule (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/28/2020-26552/amendment-to-country-groups-for-ukraine-mexico-and-cyprus-under-the-export-administration) which amended its EAR Country Group designations for Ukraine, Mexico, and Cyprus…
SmarTrade
Commerce Removes Hong Kong as a ‘Separate Destination’ Under the EAR
On December 23, 2020, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule in the Federal Register that removes Hong Kong as a “separate destination”…
SmarTrade
Commerce Issues Military End User List for Exports to China and Russia
On December 23, 2020, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Federal Register notice in which it amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding…