Topic
Export Control
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Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
U.S., UK, and EU Sanctions Alignment: U.S. IT and Software Sector Service Bans and Export Controls Take Effect as Russia Sanctions Continue to Expand
By Chase D. Kaniecki, Yulia A. Solomakhina, Samuel H. Chang, Catherine Johnson
On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) June 12, 2024 determination entitled “Prohibition on Certain Information Technology and Software Services” entered…
SmarTrade
BIS Enhances Its Enforcement Discretion: Final Rule Revamps Voluntary Self-Disclosure Process, Abolishes Penalty Caps and Amends Penalty Guidelines
By Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Aaron C. Mandelbaum, Scott E. Diamond**
Key Notes: The final rule took effect September 16. It codifies the series of “policy memoranda” BIS began issuing in 2022 to clarify the agency’s evolving attitude toward voluntary self-disclosures,…
The Trade Practitioner
G7 Issues New Recommendations to Prevent Circumvention of Sanctions Against Russia
The primary objective of this guidance is to ensure industry compliance with export controls and help businesses identify risks associated with circumvention of export restrictions directed against the Russian military-industrial…
Manufacturing Law Blog
Recent Federal Strike Force Prosecutions Serve as Warning to U.S. Manufacturers and Other Exporters
By Guest Contributor, Kevin Daly
This week’s post was co-authored with Kathryn M. Rattigan, David E. Carney and Edward J. Heath. We are members of Robinson+Cole’s Manufacturing Law industry team and regularly counsel clients on trade compliance, anti-corruption compliance,…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
BIS Releases NPRM Proposing to Ban Sale or Import of Connected Cars with Chinese or Russian Components
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles integrating components with a…
Government Contracts Navigator
BIS Issues New Export Controls Targeting GAAFET, Quantum, and Additive Manufacturing, and Ushers in New Age of Plurilateral Export Controls: 5 Key Takeaways
Anthony Rapa, Alan G. Kashdan, and Brendan S. Saslow ● The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) under the Export Administration Regulations…
International Trade Law
BIS Amends Voluntary Self-Disclosure Process and Penalty Guidelines and Adds First-Ever Chief of Corporate Enforcement
By Jeremy Iloulian, Edward Goetz
On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) revising provisions related to…
The Trade Practitioner
BIS Issues Rule on Implementation of Export Controls on Several Advanced Technologies
On September 5, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) implementing export controls on several semiconductor, quantum and additive manufacturing items, as well…
Global Trade Law Blog
A (r)AUKUS Discussion in the Space Industry
By Reid Whitten, Elisavet Papathanasiou
This week of September 16, Paris will play host to the biggest spectacle of the year (sorry, Olympics), the World Space Business Week. Attendees will come from around the world…
SmarTrade
State Department Largely Adopts Proposed Rule Extending License Exemptions for Australia and the United Kingdom into an Interim Final Rule
By Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Aaron C. Mandelbaum, Scott E. Diamond**
On August 20, 2024, the State Department published an Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to add a license exemption regime…