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
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
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
On January 15, 2020, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Hu signed the long-awaited US-China Trade Agreement after nearly two years of a trade war that has resulted in crippling tariffs on almost $500 billion worth...more
1/24/2020
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
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
Parties seeking changes to the proposed list of tariff subheadings or to lower duties should take advantage of this comment period.
Why is USTR proposing additional duties on French imports?
Under Section 301, USTR can...more
12/5/2019
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Comment Period ,
Digital Services Tax ,
Exclusions ,
France ,
Globally Harmonized System ,
International Tax Issues ,
Retaliatory Tariffs ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR
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
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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
On October 23, the President asked the Department of the Treasury to lift previously imposed sanctions against Turkey following the cessation of Turkey’s offensive in Syria and the implementation of a lasting ceasefire....more
BIS has restricted Cuba’s access to commercial aircraft and other goods, lowered de minimis for foreign items containing US content to 10%, and restricted the temporary sojourn by aircraft in Iran, Syria, Sudan, and North...more
10/21/2019
/ Airlines ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cuba ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Exports ,
Foreign Policy ,
General Licenses ,
National Security ,
New Rules ,
North Korea ,
State Sponsors of Terrorism ,
Sudan ,
Syria ,
Trade Restrictions ,
Vessels
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
/ Draft Guidance ,
Due Diligence ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exporters ,
Exports ,
Human Rights ,
Multinationals ,
Surveillance ,
Technology ,
US Department of State
In another blow to Huawei, on August 7, 2019, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) issued an interim rule amending the Federal...more
8/27/2019
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
FIRRMA ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Huawei ,
Interim Rule ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
NASA ,
NDAA ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wire Fraud
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