Author: Jonathan Fink

12
Apr

BIS Adds 50 to the Unverified List

In today’s Federal Register The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security published the addition…

30
Jan

An $US 80,000 Invoice for a 5-Minute Shortcut

Yes, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security may have been shut down…

07
Jan

U.S. Government Shutdown/Impact on Licensing

A note to our clients: Unfortunately, due to the U.S. government partial shutdown all export compliance…

29
Aug

New Russia Sanctions: Arms Embargo + Prohibition/Policy of Denial for National Security Controlled BIS licenses.

On Monday August 27th the Department of State published a Federal Register announcement introducing new sanctions…

22
Jul

The U.S. Trade Deficit with China: Separating Fact from Fiction

In recent weeks as the Trump Administration has ratcheted up protectionist tariffs on China, much of…

15
Jun

It’s Tariff Time…..Round and Round We Go

President Donald Trump and his Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced today (June 15,…

16
May

BIS Adds 33 Companies to the Unverified List

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced today that 33 companies have been added to…

26
Apr

FEDEX Gets Hit by BIS for Shipments to Parties on the Entity List

Yes, even FEDEX can and does get hammered for Export Control violations. On April 24th, 2018…

12
Apr

U.S. China Trade War…..More Details

As noted in our blog post of yesterday on April 9, 2018 the Chinese Ministry of…