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On July 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) amending the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) so that certain technology and software...more
On June 12, 2024, the United States took several hard-hitting sanctions- and export control-related actions intended to intensify pressure on the Russian government and hamper Russia’s ability to continue to support its war...more
On October 7, 2022, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released two rules implementing new export controls on advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items in addition to new...more
On September 9, 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS or Commerce) published a rule, sought by tech and telecom companies, and industry organizations, authorizing the release of certain...more
On 18 December 2020, BIS added over 70 entities to the Entity List, including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) of China. Most of these entities are subject to a presumption of denial for licenses...more
For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more
INTRODUCTION - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently adopted measures substantially impacting Huawei-affiliated companies and their non-U.S. supply chains. Earlier this year, on...more
The U.S. government is expanding international trade restraints against Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”) and its affiliates in an effort to further restrict Huawei’s access to U.S. technologies.....more
- The U.S. Department of Commerce has published a highly complex and novel interim final rule extending the controls of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) over foreign-made items in Huawei’s contract manufacturing...more
On May 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to prohibit the supply of certain foreign-produced...more
With the global spread of the COVID-19 virus, inquiries by NGOs and others have been increasing with respect to the export of humanitarian goods and medical supplies to countries subject to U.S. economic sanctions to help...more
IN THIS ISSUE • Anticorruption Developments • Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement • Export Control and Sanctions Developments • Global Investigations Resources • Writing and Speaking Engagements ...more
On August 19, 2019, the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced that it has added 46 additional Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (However, although these restrictions make it harder for U.S....more
On August 19, 2019, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) continued its actions restricting access by Huawei and certain of its non-US affiliates to goods, software and technology that are subject...more
More Huawei Affiliates Added - Effective August 19, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 46 more non-U.S. affiliates of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. of China (collectively...more
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has added Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and 68 of its Chinese and global non-US affiliates (the Huawei Group) to the BIS Entity List. ...more
• On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a 90-day Temporary General License (TGL) authorizing limited categories of exports, reexports, or transfers that are otherwise prohibited pursuant to the addition...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Extends FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy to Misconduct in Mergers and Acquisitions - On July 25, 2018, in a speech to the Ninth Global Forum on Anti-Corruption Compliance in High Risk...more