On July 29, the US government proposed big changes to rules about supporting or exporting to foreign military, intelligence, and security entities.
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is...more
Welcome to the June 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
6/18/2024
/ Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Automotive Industry ,
CFIUS ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
De Minimis Claims ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Enforcement ,
Forced Labor ,
Globally Harmonized System ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
Welcome to the May 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more
5/21/2024
/ Anti-Dumping Duty ,
CFIUS ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Customs ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Human Rights ,
New Regulations ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Trade Secrets ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
USTR ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
On January 25, almost two years after Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule (the Rule) strengthening existing export controls relating...more
1/31/2024
/ Aircraft ,
Belarus ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Drones ,
ECCNs ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Final Rules ,
Licensing Rules ,
Military Conflict ,
Russia ,
Tariffs ,
U.S. Commerce Department
During the G7 meeting in Japan on May 19, 2023, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published two new rules aimed at further restricting Russia’s ability to obtain items needed to support its...more
6/7/2023
/ Belarus ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
G7 ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Petroleum ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Ukraine
In a coordinated effort, on March 2, 2022, the White House announced another round of broad trade controls and sanctions against Russia and now Belarus in response to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
The White House...more
3/7/2022
/ Belarus ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Direct Product Rule ,
Licenses ,
Military End Use ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Ukraine
The subpoena issuance suggests that the Biden Administration will continue the US Government’s assertive approach to China.
The US Department of Commerce, on March 17, 2021, issued subpoenas on multiple Chinese companies...more
3/19/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Foreign Policy ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
National Security ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Turning to the business of exports from the United States, the next section is a must-read for any company doing business in the United States or from the United States. Or for that matter, any company competing with affected...more
1/5/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CAATSA ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Cuba ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Huawei ,
Human Rights ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
Interim Rule ,
International Criminal Court ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Personal Data ,
Russia ,
Telecommunications ,
Turkey ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Venezuela
President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) (TikTok EO) August 6, 2020, banning “transactions” yet to be identified by the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) related to TikTok and its parent ByteDance Ltd.
Specifically,...more
8/12/2020
/ CFIUS ,
China ,
Data Collection ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Social Media ,
TikTok ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
On Friday, May 15, 2020, the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revised an arcane export control rule that imposes US export controls on foreign-origin products (hardware, software, and...more
The good news is that, for the most part, State resisted the temptation to do something just a little different in the ITAR regulation, so the joint Commerce-State solution works. The chart below provides a quick side-by-side...more
1/3/2020
/ Cloud Computing ,
Comment Period ,
Encryption ,
EU ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exporters ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
ITAR ,
Technology ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Department of State
In FIRRMA and ECRA, Congress essentially gave Commerce authority to decide how narrowly or widely to set the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) over non-passive minority...more
12/19/2019
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
CFIUS ,
Comment Period ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Jurisdiction ,
National Security ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury