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
In FIRRMA and ECRA, Congress essentially gave Commerce authority to decide how narrowly or widely to set the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) over non-passive minority...more
12/19/2019
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
CFIUS ,
Comment Period ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Jurisdiction ,
National Security ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
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/ Draft Guidance ,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
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