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Export Control
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The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Fried Frank Discusses Trump Administration’s Trade Pressure on China and Russia
By Michael Gershberg, Justin A. Schenck
Throughout December 2020, the Trump administration continued its focus on China and Russia and imposed additional export and investment controls. On December 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau…
International Compliance Blog
Congress Continues to Push for Key US Export Controls Authorization for Israel
By Peter Jeydel
In a little-noticed provision of the annual US military authorization law, which took effect on January 1, 2021, the US Congress issued yet another push for the US Commerce Department…
International Trade Law
Recent Changes to the Export Administration Regulations Impact Hong Kong, Ukraine, Mexico, and Cyprus
By Jeffrey L. Snyder, Chandler Leonard, Edward Goetz
On December 23, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) Special Administrative Region of…
International Compliance Blog
BIS Amends Country Group Designations for Ukraine, Mexico, and Cyprus Under the EAR
By Meredith Rathbone, Ed Krauland, Jordan Cannon
On December 23, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industrial Security (BIS) published a rule (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/28/2020-26552/amendment-to-country-groups-for-ukraine-mexico-and-cyprus-under-the-export-administration) which amended its EAR Country Group designations for Ukraine, Mexico, and Cyprus…
China Law Insight
快速解读美国对华MEU管制清单，中国企业需提前做好准备
By King & Wood
2020年12月 22日， 美国商务部在其网站上发布公告，宣布美国商务部产业安全局（Bureaus of Industry and Security，下称“BIS”）将在《出口管理条例》（Export Administration Regulations，下称“EAR”）中新设全新的管制清单——军事最终用户清单（下称“MEU清单”），以进一步明确针对中国、俄罗斯和委内瑞拉军事最终用户（下称“MEU”）的监管。本次清单中共列举了103家实体，包括了58家中国实体和45家俄罗斯实体。这一全新管制清单主要内容是什么，可能会对企业的业务开展造成何种影响，我们在此通过问答形式给大家以简要说明，希望能够对大家有所帮助。
International Trade Law
BIS – Making Their Lists and Adding to them Twice
By Jeffrey L. Snyder, Chandler Leonard
BIS remains busy during the closing days of the year. On December 18 and 21 the Department of Commerce issued several press releases announcing the addition of 77 entities to…
The Trade Practitioner
US Commerce Names “Military End Users”, Limits Access to Certain US Goods
On December 23, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a Final Rule that identified 57 Chinese companies and 45…
International Compliance Blog
Hong Kong Removed as a Separate Destination from China Under the EAR
By Wendy Wysong, Hena Schommer, Ali Burney, Nicholas Turner, Richard Battaglia, Brian Egan, Ed Krauland, Meredith Rathbone
In the latest shoe to drop in the escalation of tensions between the United States and China, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final…
SmarTrade
Commerce Removes Hong Kong as a ‘Separate Destination’ Under the EAR
On December 23, 2020, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule in the Federal Register that removes Hong Kong as a “separate destination”…
International Compliance Blog
Bureau of Industry and Security Issues New Military End User List
By Wendy Wysong, Hena Schommer, Ed Krauland, Brian Egan, Meredith Rathbone, Jack Hayes
On December 23, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added its long-anticipated Military End User (MEU) List to the Military End Use/User Rule (MEU…