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U.S. Commerce Department Incentivizes Disclosures of Export Control Violations

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) continues to send a strong and clear message to the exporting community – it wants businesses and universities to voluntarily disclose any significant...more

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US Commerce Department Adds 33 Chinese Entities to Unverified List

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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

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Know Your Customer: OFAC, BIS Penalize Companies for Sales of “EAR99” Items and Services to Prohibited Parties Through...

The U.S. government recently took action in two cases against companies for exports to distributors that resold their products to prohibited parties. The products at issue in both cases are designated "EAR99," which is a...more

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U.S. Commerce Department Imposes New Restrictions on Huawei

On August 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) made available for public inspection a final rule expanding restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and its non-U.S. affiliates...more

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Hikvision, Dahua Technology Among 28 Added To Entity List, Resulting In Broad Impact On Chinese Surveillance, Artificial...

In a rule published and effective October 9, 2019, China’s key manufacturers of video surveillance products have been added to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List by an interagency End-User Review Committee...more

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Commerce Guidance Supports Benefits of Voluntary Disclosures and Improved Compliance Programs

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a voluntary disclosure guidance for export violations. The guidance takes effect July 22 and its intent is to make Commerce’s enforcement more...more

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US Government Further Relaxes Trade Restrictions with Cuba

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However, the new transaction rules leave the embargo largely in effect. Early this week, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and...more

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Export Control Reform Roundup – Overview of Recent Developments

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In This Issue: - I. BIS and DDTC Publish Their Respective Proposed “Bookend” Controls on Toxicological Agents and Directed Energy Weapons - II. BIS and DDTC Publish Their Respective Proposed “Bookend” Definitions...more

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