In tomorrow’s Federal Register, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security will propose, as part of the export reform initiative, a new license exception called the Strategic Trade Authorization (STA). The new license exception will eliminate current license…
Because we apparently have too many agencies involved in export control, the answer to this problem is, somewhat surprisingly, yet another export agency. Today the White House issued an order establishing the Export Enforcement Coordination Center within the Department of…
One of the stated goals of export control reform is to unify the export licensing systems used by the Treasury, Commerce and State Departments. Each system — except, of course, for Treasury’s dead-tree system — has it advocates with some…
As the troubled Washington Times enters into what may be its final days, unless it accepts the cold embrace and re-emergence of its founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the paper has turned its back on some of it former…
ABOVE: Kevin Wolf Today’s edition of the Washington Tariff & Trade Letter has an article (paid subscription required) reporting on the July 27 meeting of the Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee of the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”).…