More on the 2013 shutdown and export issues: Commerce: BIS yesterday updated its website to inform exporters that the SNAP-R licensing page was closed until the government shutdown is ended. Emergency license applications will be accepted but only if justified…
So, you may be wondering which export agencies are up and which are down now that the Federal Government is shutdown. The answer isn’t altogether clear at this point (still!) but here is what appears to be the current rundown…
Juan Zarate’s new book on OFAC, Treasury’s War, is a crashing bore and I have to admit that about half way into it I gave up. Zarate had taken my money to buy the book; I wasn’t going to let…
ABOVE: Omar Al-Bashir From news that appeared to break recently in the Sudanese press, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir submitted a visa application to the U.S. State Department in order for him to attend UN General Assembly meetings that begin…
ABOVE: Joe Wolverton II J.D. Various press reports have suggested that the White House recently waived restrictions on providing arms to the Syrian rebels, but a review of the Presidential Determination itself reveals something much more limited. In fact, the…