A Wisconsin-based company, with the appealing name Humane Restraints, Inc., recently agreed to settle charges that it exported without licenses various restraining items worth approximately $15,000 and classified under ECCN 0A982. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Humane Restraints agreed to…
Back in May this blog reported on Secretary of State Clinton’s announcement that the U.S. would issue general licenses permitting export of financial services to, and investment in, Burma. Yesterday those general licenses were issued by the Department of Treasury’s…
On July 6, the White House signed a memorandum designating “the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as a major Non-NATO Ally.” This is the first MNNA designation since 2004 when Kuwait, Morocco and Pakistan were designated. More interestingly, Afghanistan now holds…