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Export Control
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Canada-U.S. Blog
Canada Imposes Very Strict/Limiting Export Controls And Economic Sanctions Against North Korea
Canada North Korea just launched an intercontinental ballistic missile and Canada has unreservedly condemned this action. It is time for Canadian exporters to review the rules about exporting goods to…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Global Affairs Canada Tables 2016 Annual Report on Exports In House of Commons
Canada On June 20, 2017, Hon. Diane Lebouthiller (Minister of National Revenue) tabled (see page 13032 of Hansard) the 2016 Annual Report to Parliament on the Administration of the Export…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
BIS Alert! New Encryption Controls Guidance Posted
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has posted long-awaited updates to its guidance regarding changes to a number of encryption-related provisions in the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). The…
The Trade Practitioner
Export-Related Sentencing and Charges Announced
On 27 April, the US Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Lim Yong Nam to 40 months in prison for conspiracy to illegally export radio frequency modules from the…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Compliance Confusion !!!!
By Su Ross
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in June 2017 Even in the current environment, there remains massive confusion about what is and is not permitted under U.S. law when…
International Trade Law
D.C. Circuit Finds Part of OFAC Penalty “Arbitrary & Capricious”
On May 26, 2017, the D.C. Circuit issued its final decision regarding Epsilon Electronics’ challenge to a July 2014 penalty imposed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The…
GovCon & Trade
Export Compliance: Challenges and Best Practices
By Thad McBride
I co-authored an article with Heather Smith, Associate General Counsel and Secretary at Lydall, Inc., outlining best practices for companies to undertake to ensure successful export transactions. The article also…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Trump Administration Nominates Richard Ashooh as Dept of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Assistant Secretary
Richard Ashooh was nominated by the White House on May 25 as Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Assistant Secretary. This key position plays an important role…
The Trade Practitioner
Chinese National Enters Guilty Plea for Violating US Export Controls
On 21 April 2017, the US Department of Justice announced that Fuyi Sun pled guilty to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the law underlying US export controls. Specifically,…
The Trade Practitioner
BIS Modifies Entity List Designation
Effective 18 April 2017, the US Commerce Department, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has revised the Entity List entry for Russia’s Federal Security Service (Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or FSB)…