The National Research Council, a group comprised of representatives of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, recently released a report that argues that just about everything about U.S. export control regime…
On January 10, FBI agents arrested William Chi-Wai Tsu, a U.S. citizen and resident of California. Tsu, who was born in Shanghai, was detained on charges that he had illegally exported electronic components to China without first obtaining required licenses…
ABOVE:A.Q. Khan How often can you find the backstory on SDNs in an investigative piece in The New Yorker? Not often. But today’s designation by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of some of the key figures in A.Q.…
For everyone who has been complaining that export controls imposed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) have meant that U.S. manufacturers aren’t on a level playing field with foreign competitors, it’s now time to put your money, or…
SyrVet, Inc., an Iowa-based distributor of livestock products, agreed to pay a $250,000 fine to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in connection with its unlicensed exports of cattle prods. Cattle prods and other discharge type arms such as…