As the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded exponentially, so too has the demand by hospitals and other healthcare providers for masks and other medical personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect doctors, nurses, and other...more
4/22/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Costa Rica ,
Export Controls ,
FEMA ,
Global Economy ,
Guide ,
Health Care Providers ,
Imports ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Kuwait ,
Moldova ,
Paraguay ,
Personal Protective Equipment
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has left many important questions blowing in the wind as a result of a Notification of Exemptions action published for public inspection on Friday, April 17, 2020. The final action will...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded exponentially, so too has the demand by hospitals and other healthcare providers for masks and other medical personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect doctors, nurses, and other...more
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has exercised its delegated authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to issue a temporary final rule (Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health...more
Third-country companies doing business with Iran’s construction, mining, manufacturing, or textiles sectors are now at increased risk of being sanctioned.
On Friday, January 10, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO)...more
1/16/2020
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Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Goods or Services ,
Imports ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
SDN List ,
Trump Administration
This software now requires a BIS authorization to be exported or reexported to all countries except for Canada. Companies that develop or use artificial intelligence (AI) to solve geospatial problems or in geospatial...more
1/7/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
Comment Period ,
ECCNs ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
Exporters ,
Exports ,
FIRRMA ,
Geolocation ,
Location Data ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Software ,
Technology ,
Technology Sector
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
Under this new evaluation process, Commerce can prohibit companies from engaging in a wide variety of transactions and order them to cease using the information technology or telecommunication system in question even if it is...more
12/3/2019
/ China ,
Comment Period ,
Congressional Oversight ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Services ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ,
Information Technology ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
The US State Department is soliciting feedback on its draft “US Government Guidance for the Export of Hardware, Software, and Technology with Surveillance Capabilities and/or Parts/Know-How,” issued September 4, 2019 (Draft...more
9/25/2019
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Due Diligence ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exporters ,
Exports ,
Human Rights ,
Multinationals ,
Surveillance ,
Technology ,
US Department of State
On Friday, August 2, 2019, the US State Department announced the issuance of another round of sanctions on the Russian Government in relation to the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991...more