Daily News Attempts Export Humor; Bombs
It must have been a slow news day on Tuesday for the New York Daily News, because the aging tabloid decided to try its hand at export humor. As you might imagine, things did not go well for the paper.…
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With All Eyes on Sochi, Russian Ears Are on Ukraine
The continuing violence and political instability in Ukraine have raised concerns around the world, especially within the United States and the EU. Whether some form of sanctions against current officials in the Ukrainian government should be imposed has been debated…
Could Satellites Finally Spin out of the ITAR Orbit?
According to this article in Aviation Week, one aspect of export reform has at least some chance of eeking through the lame duck Congress that will convene after the upcoming elections. The locus of this hope is bipartisan language in…
What an Uncool Thing To Do!
According to an article last week in Bloomberg Businessweek, the Pentagon is seeking to add uncooled thermal imaging devices to the United States Munitions List. Putting that technology on the USML, as opposed to the Commerce Control List administered by…
Happy Days Are Here Again
Back in February, this blog lamented the change in the format of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) on the website of the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”). The agency deleted the PDF version of the regulations, which was clearly…