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Global Trade Law Blog
Refresher: How to Comply With U.S. Export Controls and Anti-Discrimination Laws When Recruiting and Hiring Foreign Nationals
By Greg Berk, Lisa Mays, J. Scott Maberry, Denise Giraudo
The scenario happens all the time: Your engineering department has identified a need for more personnel who will work with export-controlled information. Management has approved the hiring, and your Human…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Warning to Employers When Staffing Special Projects
By Su Ross
There are many ways employers may run afoul of the anti-discrimination provisions in U.S. immigration law. As a very clear starting point, the general rule for a long time has…
International Compliance Blog
Commerce Department Catches Up with Export Controls on Venezuela
By Peter Jeydel
After months of escalating US economic sanctions on Venezuela and its international partners, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is implementing major changes to US export…
Global Trade Law Blog
Hua-Wait a Minute: Entity Designation Affects Non-U.S. Manufacturers’ Exports to China Tech Giant
By Reid Whitten, J. Scott Maberry, Enumale Agada
On May 16, 2019, a sweeping U.S. export control rule went into effect that will impact the U.S. tech industry, but may also create an outsized risk for non-U.S. manufacturers.…
International Compliance Blog
Recent Unverified List (UVL) Designations in China and Elsewhere – What is the UVL?
By Peter Jeydel
On April 11, 2019, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 50 names to the Unverified List (UVL) (of which 37 are located in China and…
The Trade Practitioner
BIS Amends the EAR to Implement 2017 Wassenaar Plenary Agreements
The US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reflect the 2017 changes to the dual-use controls adopted during the 2017 Wassenaar Arrangement…
The Trade Practitioner
BIS Announces Revisions to Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
On August 30, 2018, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a final rule titled, “Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations Based on the 2017 Missile Technology Control…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Exports of National Security Controlled Items to Russia Could Be Banned Under New Sanctions
By Kelley Drye
Yesterday the U.S. government announced that it would implement new sanctions against Russia mandated under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Act of 1991 (the CBW Act) following the apparent deployment…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Exporting to India is Getting Easier
By Kelley Drye
A set of changes to the U.S. dual use export control rules makes exporting sensitive goods, software, and technology to India less burdensome. Over the last several years, India has…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
DDTC and BIS Propose New Rules to Continue Export Control Reform Initiative
By Kelley Drye
As part of the ongoing Export Control Reform initiative, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has issued proposed rules that would move…