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Maple Leaf Rag Over ITAR Continues

Québec’s Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (“Human Rights Commission”) issued a press release yesterday describing (somewhat) the settlement agreement entered into between Bell Helicopter and a Canadian with dual Haitian citizenship. The Canadian…

Belarus Calls U.S. Sanctions Illegal

Alexander Lukashenko Sometimes even somebody as distasteful Belarus’s dictator Alexander Lukashenko may have a point. Reacting to news that the U.S. may be considering further sanctions against Belarus, Belarus’s ambassador to the United States, Mikhail Khvostov, held a press conference…

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued today a final rule amending section 127.12 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) which governs voluntary disclosures of violations of the ITAR by exporters of defense articles and defense services.…