Mounting tension between the export industry and DDTC became evident this week when a major coalition of the leading trade associations — The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness — sent a letter to President Bush requesting a meeting to discuss…
One of the things that SCP Global Technologies got in trouble for according to the Settlement Agreement released today by BIS was shipping spare parts without a license that were not eligible for License Exception RPL. According to the charging…
With profound apologies to Mel Brooks, it’s springtime for Muammar in Libya, winter for Hugo Chavez! No, that’s not the latest lyric from a Broadway hit; rather it’s a reference to a notice of a final rule issued by DDTC…
Last week a Portland, Oregon food additive broker learned the hard way that he should have stuck to MSG and not gotten involved in exporting silver-zinc batteries. It seems that the batteries in question are used to power the Hawk…
Last week we were wondering about the origin of the name “Blue Lantern” for the pre-shipment and post-shipment verification program conducted by DDTC. Andrea Fekkes Dynes of General Dynamics, via “The Daily Bugle,” has an idea: Last Friday’s Daily Bugle…