On Friday, March 18, 2022, in response to the continued escalation in Ukraine, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) identified both private and commercial aircraft that have flown to Russia...more
As previewed by President Biden in his press conference on February 24, 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is imposing additional export control measures targeting Russia. The new...more
2/28/2022
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In addition to compliance considerations under US sanctions associated with activities of U.S. persons, companies should also ensure that their compliance programs take into account the expansion under U.S. export controls of...more
12/13/2021
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Effective September 7, 2021, the U.S. government imposed a second round of sanctions on Russia in connection with its determination that the Russian Federation violated the Chemical Weapons Convention based on the attack on...more
On July 13, 2021, the US Department of State, US Department of the Treasury, US Department of Commerce, US Department of Homeland Security, Office of the United States Trade Representative, and US Department of Labor issued...more
8/13/2021
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On June 7, 2021, US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) amended its Antiboycott provisions in Part 760 of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) easing reporting requirements and business...more
Adding to the challenges of implementing the expanded military end use/end user rule in Part 744.21 of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), restrictions on transactions involving military-intelligence end uses and...more
On February 11, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14014 “Blocking Property with Respect to the Situation in Burma.” As of now, these new sanctions are tailored to target the actors engaged in disrupting the...more
While the Trump Administration ended with a continuing flurry of activity affecting U.S. sanctions and export controls, with several actions affecting parties in China and Hong Kong, the Biden Administration is taking a...more
As 2020 comes to a close, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) continues to implement new measures targeting countries of interest, among them Russia and China (which now, for export...more
12/30/2020
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Just as quickly as the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the parameters of prohibitions on transactions involving TikTok and WeChat, pursuant to Executive Orders 13942 and 13943, respectively, actions were taken to delay...more
On June 29, 2020, the US Secretary of State and the US Secretary of Commerce announced changes to US export controls in response to recent actions by China involving Hong Kong. These regulatory changes are likely not the last...more
Effective May 15, 2020, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced an interim final rule that introduces two new circumstances under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in which a...more
In a burst of activity, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two final rules and one proposed rule. These rules, published in the Federal Register on April 28, 2020, made a series of...more
5/1/2020
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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
The Trump Administration announced last week that the US Government has added Huawei to the Commerce Department Entity List and, as of May 20, 2019, has announced a temporary general license for certain transactions. Here is...more
5/22/2019
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The long-awaited definitions rules have finally arrived as part of Export Control Reform. But wait, they’re not all there—the definitions, that is. While Commerce addressed essentially all of the items included in its last...more