The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) is publishing in tommorow’s Federal Register a proposed rule setting forth the framework under which items removed from the USML will be treated in the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). I haven’t carefully studied…
Today the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule, effective immediately,* implementing the new license exception Strategic Trade Authorization (STA). Under this new license exception, licenses will not be required for exports to 36 countries, including Canada,…
ABOVE: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and outspoken critic of any changes to the U.S. embargo on Cuba, today announced her opposition to the Obama administration’s proposed export control reforms. Ultimately, new legislative…
WikiLeaks has gotten the State Department so flustered that it is leaking its own documents. Today DDTC posted a working document discussing proposed changes to Category XII of the United States Munitions List (“USML”). The document had emblazoned on each…
One of the oft-stated goals of the White House’s export control reform initiative is to transform the United States Munitions List (“USML”) to a “positive” list like the Commerce Control List (“CCL”). Instead of squishy category descriptions like “any snark-qualified…