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News and Update on Export Cont...

The following guest post, by Brian Graham, an experienced immigration attorney with the law firm of Strasburger & Price LLP in Austin, Texas, discusses the new export control certification re...

International Trade Law News M...

International Trade Law News recently marked its 7th anniversary. I am grateful for the kind words and favorable comments received from clients, colleagues, government officials, law stud...

Dealing with Boycott Requests ...

By Douglas N. Jacobson, Esq. You arrive at your office and check your e-mail. When reviewing your messages you notice that you have received the following message from the export compliance...

Redesign of Treasury's Website...

This weekend the Treasury Department unveiled a redesigned website. While that is not exactly news, the redesign process has changed the way that the website's files are structured, leading t...

U.S. Export Controls/Sanctions...

The AWA Foreign Trade Academy is holding two one-day programs on U.S. export controls and sanctions on January 17 and 18, in Frankfurt, Germany. The first day of the program will focus on w...

OFAC Issues Statement on Locat...

As a follow-up to yesterday's post regarding the changes to OFAC's website, OFAC issued a statement today regarding the location of the Specially Designated National List (SDN) and the rela...

CNBC Running Series Called "Fo...

CNBC is running a series entitled "Forbidden Zone: Investing in Iran" that discusses business in Iran. Yesterday's first report discussed the wide availability of American products availabl...

Today is International Anti-Co...

Today, December 9th, marks International Anti-Corruption Day. In a statement marking International Corruption Day, Secretary of State Clinton said "The United States has made unpreced...

U.S. Customs Seizes Thousands ...

CNN reported today (see video below) on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's recent seizure of thousands of Cuban cigars at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The seized Cuban cigars w...

Happy Holidays and Happy New Y...

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U.S. Company and Its Chinese S...

The Departments of Justice and Commerce announced today that PPG Paints Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary of United States-based PPG Industries, Inc., pled gui...

U.S. Export Controls Involving...

Following the President's trip to India last month there has been a great deal of misinformatoin in the Indian press regarding the "lifting" and "relaxation" of dual-use export controls on In...

OFAC Imposes Civil Penalties o...

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued its monthly enforcement report. The report indicates that OFAC assessed civil penalties on two financial institu...

September NCITD Meeting to Foc...

The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on September 8, 2010 in Washington, DC. The program will focus on export controls and san...

State Department Imposes $42 M...

The U.S. Department of State announced today that on August 18, 2010, Xe Services LLC (formerly Blackwater Worldwide) entered into a civil penalty agreement with the State Department's Dire...

Date of First Meeting and Stru...

President's Export Council Chairman Jim McNerney and Vice Chairman Ursula Burns have announced that they plan to structure the group into the following five subcommittees: 1. Small and Mediu...

U.S. Representatives Send Lett...

Citing news reports outlining apparent violations of the recently enacted Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA), U.S. Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) ...

Commerce Department's Proposed...

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today a number of proposed changes to U.S. antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) policy and procedures intended to "strengthen trade enf...

President's Export Council to ...

The President's Export Council (PEC) will meet at 9:30 a.m. today in Washington to discuss topics related to the National Export Initiative (NEI). President Obama is scheduled to deliver...

Summary of Xe Services LLC's S...

Below is a detailed summary of the recent $42 million settlement entered into between the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and Xe Service LLC, formerly known as Blackw...

OFAC Issues Final Rule Prohibi...

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a final rule in today's Federal Register amending the Iranian Transactions Regulations (ITR) to prohibit...

Today's Import and Export News...

Today's import and export news and notes: Miscellaneous An interesting trade-related cartoon in the op-ed section of yesterday's New York Times shows importance of U.S. National Export Init...

House Foreign Affairs Committe...

House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today announced that the Committee's markup of H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction Re...

Better Late Than Never: U.S. S...

More than three years after they were signed, yesterday the U.S. Senate ratified the U.S.-United Kingdom and U.S.-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties. While the Treaty Clause of the ...

U.K. Issues Notice to Exporter...

As a follow-up to our previous post on the U.S. Senate's ratification of the U.S.-United Kingdom and U.S.-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties, the U.K.'s Export Control Organisation...

Congress Adjourns Without Rene...

The U.S. Congress adjourned today without renewing the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, which expires on December 31, 2010, or passing the numerous miscellaneous tariff bill...