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ITAR – Requirements for Government Contractors
The United States’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a final rule (the rule) on November 7, 2025 that immediately amended the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to lift the defense trade...more
The U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Oct. 23, 2024, published a set of three rules concerning space-related...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of State have been continuously easing restrictions on export-controlled trade between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia to foster technological innovation...more
Contemporaneous with the European Union’s adoption of its 13th package of Russia sanctions, on February 23, 2024, the United States imposed sanctions against nearly 500 targets in continued response to Russia’s aggression...more
On 22 December 2023, the Biden administration issued Executive Order 14114, “Taking Additional Steps with Respect to the Russian Federation’s Harmful Activities” (EO 14114), thereby amending EOs 14024 and 14068. The new EO...more
Ongoing geopolitical developments such as Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions between China and Taiwan have continued to fuel higher US military spending. The demand for military weapons is the strongest it has been in...more
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has embarked on a series of revisions to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR) to clarify and better organize the ITAR. The first round of revisions is to...more
In response to a variety of activities allegedly undertaken by Russia, the U.S. Government has imposed a series of additional sanctions and export control measures since early March. Collectively, the March and April...more
This week, the U.S. government took several steps to implement sections of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA), with implications for Russia-related sanctions and their enforcement. On...more
• On October 27, 2017, the U.S. State Department issued guidance identifying 39 entities related to the defense and intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation and issued related guidance on criteria to...more