Following an announcement by President Donald Trump on May 13, 2025, that he would order the cessation of US sanctions against Syria, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General...more
On February 8, 2022, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 33 Chinese entities to the agency’s Unverified List (UVL). The UVL does not fully prohibit transactions with the designated...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a Final Rule adding 77 companies to the Entity List, a restricted party list that identifies foreign persons that engage in activities contrary to US...more
On August 21, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an extension to the Huawei temporary general license from May, extending it through November 18 and adding 46 non-US affiliates of Huawei...more
August 1, 2018, is the deadline for submitting semi-annual reports for certain ENC Restricted encryption items exported or re-exported between January 1 and June 30, 2018, pursuant to paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3)(iii) of...more
Today, March 24, 2016, the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") issued a final rule revising the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") and creating a temporary general license lifting certain...more
The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") has issued a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") and imposing trade restrictions against Zhongxing Telecommunications...more
Much has been written recently about the lifting of the US embargoes targeting Iran and Cuba. Despite recent liberalization in discrete areas (e.g., travel, family remittances, and internet based communications),...more