BIS, Commerce Dept, Denied & Restricted Parties, EAR, Press release
By: Danielle Hatch The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released a General Advisory Opinion to help field some of the many questions it has received since the addition of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) and many of its non-US affiliates to BIS’s Entity...
BIS, Commerce Dept, Denied & Restricted Parties, EAR, Pakistan
Pakistan has a nuclear program and a missile program that are subject to end-use and end-user restrictions pursuant to Part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This guidance highlights: The supplemental licensing requirements applicable to exports,...
BIS, Commerce Dept, EAR, License Exceptions, Licensing
By: Kevin J. Wolf, Esq., kwolf@akingump.com, +1 202-887-4051;Shiva Aminian, Esq., saminian@akingump.com, +1 310 552 6476; and Chris Chamberlain, cchamberlain@akingump.com, +1 202-887-4308, all of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Key Points: The Department of...
BIS, Commerce Dept, EAR, Freight forwarder, Freight Forwarding
By: Derrick Kyle, Esq., Nicole Aandahl, Esq., both of Torres Trade Law, http://www.torrestradelaw.com Historically, the U.S. Government has pursued civil and criminal actions against exporters for violating the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and...
BIS, Commerce Dept, Press release, Reform
The Department of commerce’s recent semiannual regulatory agenda looks to put tighter controls on exports to specific products to specific countries as well as an updated enforcement provision. Below are some upcoming changes to keep an eye out for (this is not an...
BIS, Commerce Dept, Export License, Licensing, Press release, Venezuela
On May 24, 2019 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule which moved Venezuela from Country Group B to Country Group D:1. This change from favorable to less favorable treatment related to exports was made due to national security concerns after...
