Yesterday the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) updated the website page of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) relating to the agency’s commodity jurisdiction (“CJ”) request procedure. Although this update occurs just days before the requirement that all…
The Bureau of Industry and Security’s Update 2010 conference started off this morning with free coffee and pastries, a military honor guard procession, and the Star Spangled Banner. At first, it was hard to tell whether I was attending a…
As has been anticipated since March 29, 2010, when the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking eliminating the advance notice and approval requirements of section 126.8 of the International Traffic in Arms…
There was an interesting colloquy on Tuesday during the State Department’s daily press briefing. After Assistant Secretary Philip Crowley announced the approval of export licenses to permit sale of military radar systems and components to Taiwan, one reporter asked what…
[This is the third post in a row on OFAC, which is just a coincidence. The blog is not about to be renamed OFACLawBlog.] Last week the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a settlement with…