On March 28, 2024, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a new resource for companies, freight forwarders, financial institutions, and others to help them comply with the U.S....more
This is a reminder that annual self-classification reports and semi-annual reports for hardware, software, or technology utilizing encryption ("Encryption Items") were due to be filed by February 1, 2024, with the Bureau of...more
On March 30, 2023, the United States and over 20 additional Subscribing States released a "Code of Conduct for Enhancing Export Controls of Goods and Technology That Could be Misused and Lead to Serious Violations or Abuses...more
Tucked away between the many export-focused provisions of the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") is the easily overlooked Part 760, which addresses "Restrictive Trade Practices or Boycotts." It is comprised of (1)...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) on January 6, 2020, requiring a license for the export of certain "Geospatial Imagery" software technology to all...more
In apparent recognition of the chaos that its recent inclusion of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and 68 non-U.S. affiliates (collectively, “Huawei”) on the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) Entity List could cause, on May 20,...more
On May 15, 2019, in a one-two punch, the White House and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) took actions that effectively could ban Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., 68 of its non-U.S. affiliates, and other unnamed Chinese...more
As part of the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year 2019, Public Law No: 115-232, Congress enacted the Export Controls Act of 2018 (“ECA”)....more
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The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) today announced that it has extended for a period of two months a previously granted temporary reprieve from U.S. export sanctions on China’s ZTE...more
There has been much fanfare surrounding the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, starting with President Obama’s announcement of the resumption of bilateral relations, and followed by the formal establishment of...more
7/28/2015
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