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Export Control
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The Trade Practitioner
UK Export Control Organisation (ECO) Revokes Six Open General Export Licences (OGELs)
On 5 April 2017, the ECO revoked the following OGELs, including: Exports of military goods, software and technology (new OGEL for Military Goods, Software and Technology) Exports under the US-UK…
The Trade Practitioner
European Commission Updates Combined Nomenclature and Dual-Use Classification Correlation Table
The EU Commission has updated the Combined Nomenclature (CN) and Dual-Use (DU) Correlation table. The revision contains changes to the EU Dual-Use export control list, which came into force in…
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BIS Removes ZTE Corp. From Entity List
The US Department of State’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has removed from the Entity List China’s telecommunications equipment firms Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.,…
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BIS Announces Arrest of Ukrainian National and a US$27 Million Settlement With Access USA Shipping, LLC
On 7 March, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the arrest of a Ukrainian national on charges related to the export of military technology to Ukraine. Separately, on 24…
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ZTE Corporation Enters Into US$1.19 Billion Settlement
On 7 March, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Treasury jointly announced a US$1.19 billion settlement with China-based telecommunications company ZTE Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (together ZTE) for…
The Trade Practitioner
UK Export Control Organisation (ECO) Updates Six Open Licences
The ECO has announced that it has updated and amended six open general export licences (OGELs) in order to reflect the amendments to the Export Control Order 2008, which came…
The Trade Practitioner
UK Export Control Organisation (ECO) Amends Its Rules on Capital Punishment Goods
In a notice to exporters from 15 March, the ECO announced that it amended its rules concerning the export of goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or…
The Trade Practitioner
UK Export Control Organisation (ECO) Withdraws Iran End-User Concern List
In a notice to exporters from 22 March, the ECO announced that its Iran list has been withdrawn, owing to the substantial lifting of EU sanctions on Iran under the…
International Compliance Blog
ZTE Settlement Marked by Record Penalty and Lessons Learned
China’s Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Limited, and their subsidiaries and affiliates, (collectively, ZTE), reached a historic combined $1.19 billion settlement with the US government on March…
GovCon & Trade
Lessons from the Historic ZTE Enforcement Action
By Thad McBride
One of largest export and sanctions penalties ever imposed Reminder of U.S. government’s broad jurisdiction over export and sanctions matters Cooperation could have helped ease the penalty significantly On March…