A headline in last Thursday’s Washington Times portentously warned: “EXCLUSIVE: Obama loosens missile technology controls to China.” The sub-head was “Fulfill Your Final Wishes. Nuclear Apocalypse Expected Tomorrow!!” Well, not really, that wasn’t the actual subhead, but it could have…
Earlier this week, we reported on the new Agreement Guidelines posted last Friday by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”). The new Guidelines provided instructions for electronic filing of requests for approval of agreements to exchange technical data on…
On Friday the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued revised guidelines for submitting agreements such as Technical Assistance Agreements (“TAA”) and Manufacturing License Agreements (“MLA”). As most export geeks know, TAAs and MLAs, once submitted to and approved by…
Yesterday the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment on Form DS-4076. This form is the one proposed by DDTC for mandatory filing of Commodity Jurisdiction (“CJ”) requests with the agency via…
ABOVE: Andrew Shapiro Let’s take the good news first. It comes from Andrew J. Shapiro, Assistant Secretary, Political-Military Affairs at State, in his Keynote Address to ComDef 2009, earlier this month: I am also happy to report that we are…