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Export Control
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SmarTrade
BIS Seeks Public Comments on U.S.-EU Export Control Cooperation
On November 30, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Notice of Inquiry in the Federal Register seeking public comments regarding areas and priorities…
GovCon & Trade
[WEBINAR] Update on Export Enforcement
By Thad McBride
The U.S. government continues to vigorously enforce U.S. export laws against both U.S. and non-U.S. companies. In addition to monetary penalties, companies charged with violating U.S. export laws may be subject…
SmarTrade
BIS Issues New Cybersecurity Export Controls
On October 21, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), released an Interim Final Rule to implement export controls on certain cybersecurity items that can be…
GovCon & Trade
BIS Imposes Civil Fine and Compels Hiring of Compliance Official or Cease Operations
By Thad McBride
On October 12, the U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it imposed a civil penalty fine against VTA Telecom Corporation (VTA) for the unauthorized export…
International Compliance Blog
Cybersecurity Community Beware: US Finally Enacts “Intrusion Software” Rule
By Peter Jeydel, Meredith Rathbone
They have been almost a decade in the making, but have finally arrived: new U.S. export controls on “cybersecurity items,” including products and technology involving “intrusion software” and IP network…
Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
BIS Announces New Export Controls on Cybersecurity Items Used for Malicious Cyber Activity
By Tamer A. Soliman, Rajesh De, David A. Simon, Anjani D. Nadadur
On October 20, 2021, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security (“BIS”) published a long-awaited interim final rule announcing new restrictions on the export, reexport or in-country transfer of…
Global Policy Watch
US-EU Trade and Tech Council: Takeaways and Next Steps
By Marney Cheek, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Holly Fechner, Marty Hansen, Lisa Peets, Bart Szewczyk
Last month, the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) held its inaugural ministerial in Pittsburgh: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and Trade Representative Katherine Tai…
Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
New Biotech Export Controls Expand CFIUS Mandatory Notification Requirements
By Chase D. Kaniecki, Pete Young
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule (the “Final Rule”) imposing export controls on additional emerging technologies pursuant to…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
U.S. Authorizes New Sanctions on Ethiopia and Updates ITAR Licensing Policy
By Kelley Drye
Last week, the Biden administration issued a new Executive Order (“E.O.”) that authorizes “menu-based” sanctions on persons determined to be responsible for or complicit in the ongoing crisis in northern…
International Compliance Blog
Revised EU Dual-Use Regulation to Enter into Force
By Simon Hirsbrunner, Guy Soussan, Stefan Tsakanakis
On September 9, 2021, the long-awaited recast of the EU Dual-Use Regulation (the Regulation) will enter into force. It provides for new rules on cyber-surveillance technology, the provision of technical…