On July 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a proposed rule to revise the definition of “defense service” and the scope of related controls under existing International...more
On 29 July 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security issued two proposed rules that would impose broad new license requirements on items subject to the Export Administration Regulations. The...more
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its Guidance to Industry on BIS Actions Identifying Transaction Parties of Diversion Risk (the Guidance) designed to help...more
On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule to add a new license exception for medical devices (License Exception MED) to authorize the export, reexport, and...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has further updated its voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) process by establishing streamlined procedures for minor or technical violations of the Export...more
On December 8, 2023, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued three separate rules to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to liberalize several categories of export licensing requirements and make...more
On 2 June 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued two final rules, effective on the same day, that revised the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) pertaining to the U.S.’s...more
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) clarified, reorganized, and made minor corrections to the provisions of the foreign-direct product (“FDP”) rules on February 3, 2022. These revisions aim to consolidate and clarify...more
The release of data to a foreign person, even within U.S. borders, is deemed by U.S. export control laws to be an export to the recipient's country of permanent residency or citizenship. The delivery of U.S. export-controlled...more
On 11 February 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14014 "Blocking Property with Respect to Burma" (EO), which authorizes the imposition of sanctions on specific persons or entities in Burma, including Burmese...more
2/23/2021
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On 15 January 2021, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule imposing new restrictions requiring licenses for transactions involving exports, reexports, or transfers, as well as certain...more
On 23 December 2020, BIS created a new Military End User List, naming more than 100 Chinese and Russian companies subject to the enhanced licensing requirements of section 744.21 of the EAR....more
12/31/2020
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The Trump Administration announced a more restrictive policy towards Cuba in a presidential memo issued in June 2017. Since then, the Administration has implemented initiatives that have narrowed or revoked authorized trading...more
On 21 October 2019 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending Cuba-related provisions in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
The new rule further restricts exports and reexports of...more
10/25/2019
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