The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) released today a final rule making it easier to transfer technical data under a technical assistance agreement (“TAA”) to third-country nationals, i.e., nationals of countries other than the country specifically authorized…
On December 3, Philip Cheng from Cupertino, California, was sentenced to a two-year prison term for his involvement in a scheme to export night vision equipment to China. Cheng, an export broker, had been involved in a transaction in which…
Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA) recently introduced, with one other Democrat and two Republicans, a bill to “improve the performance of the defense trade controls functions of the Department of State.” The proposed legislation is a clear response to mounting exporter…
Almost a year after the last plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement approved and adopted changes to the Wassenaar List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) yesterday released a final rule implementing those changes on…
I now have a copy of the criminal complaint filed against Qing Li and it answers a number of questions left open by yesterday’s post on that case. The copy I have isn’t suitable for posting, but I should have…