In May, the US State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published its long-awaited rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to implement the AUKUS Trilateral Security...more
9/4/2024
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Last week, on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Commerce adopted an extensive package of new economic sanctions and export controls targeting key industries, entities, and...more
2/28/2023
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Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Policy ,
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Imports ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Russia ,
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Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Ukraine
In January 2020, the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce published regulations transferring certain firearms, ammunition, components, and accessories from controls under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)...more
This week, the Biden Administration imposed extensive new export controls and economic sanctions against the Russian Federation in response to its declaration of two independent states in Eastern Ukraine and subsequent...more
2/28/2022
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NATO ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Ukraine
The U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program offers government contractors and suppliers to the U.S. defense industry valuable access to markets outside the United States and to bona fide customers in those markets. The FMS...more
6/3/2021
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USML
Earlier this year, the U.S. Government initiated a series of actions to address the People’s Republic of China’s continuing efforts to undermine the autonomy of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)....more
On April 28, 2020, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that further restrict exports to military end uses...more