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Export Control
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International Trade Insights
U.S. Adds 38 New Huawei Affiliates to Entity List While Again Expanding Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule
By Grant Leach, Cortney Morgan, Camron Greer
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has announced that it is further restricting access by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and its designated non-U.S. affiliates ("Huawei")…
Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
BIS Further Tightens Export Restrictions on Huawei
By Paul Marquardt, Chase D. Kaniecki
On August 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule[1] that further tightens restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) on…
International Compliance Blog
Charitable giving in times of crisis: Lebanon
By Meredith Rathbone, Nicholas Turner, Peter Jeydel, Nicholas Kimbrell
On August 4, a massive explosion tore through Beirut’s port and surrounding neighborhoods, killing over 200 people and displacing an estimated 300,000 from their homes. In the aftermath of the…
SmarTrade
Commerce Adds Further Huawei Affiliates to Entity List and Tightens Huawei-Related Direct Product Rule
On August 17, 2020, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Federal Register notice and Final Rule taking several actions directly impacting Huawei Technologies Co.,…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
BIS Confirms: Entity List Restrictions Apply to All Parties, Including Freight Forwarders and Purchasers
By Kelley Drye
On August 20, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will publish a final rule confirming that the Entity List licensing requirements apply to all transactions in which a listed party plays…
International Trade Insights
BIS Announces Virtual 2020 Export Controls Conference
By Camron Greer
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will be holding a virtual conference on export control policy on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, after its annual in-person conference originally due to…
SmarTrade
FEMA Extends and Revises Export Restrictions on Personal Protective Equipment
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) has issued a Federal Register notice extending and modifying the temporary final rule (“Rule”) establishing export restrictions on certain…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
FEMA Extends and Narrows Restrictions on Exports of Certain Scarce PPE
By Jana del-Cerro, Gail D. Zirkelbach, Stephanie Crawford
On August 10, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the Department of Homeland Security, will be extending and revising a Temporary Final Rule (first issued in April this year) that invokes…
Investigations and Enforcement Blog
US Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Investigations: The Perils of Parallel Proceedings (Part 5 of 5, Global Settlements)
By Wendy Wysong, Ali Burney, Hena Schommer, Anthony Pan
Global settlements, Part 5 of this series, require careful attention by counsel and parties in parallel proceedings. A global settlement may include just one settlement agreement, but is more likely…
SmarTrade
BIS Publishes Final Rule Suspending EAR License Exceptions for Hong Kong
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published the final rule in the Federal Register amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to suspend all License…