On July 27, 2023, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that U.S. persons reporting boycott-related requests to its Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC) must now
Continue Reading BIS Issues New Antiboycott Reporting Requirement Amid Increased Enforcement EffortsThe Government Continues to Prioritize Export Control and Sanctions Enforcement Highlighted in New Tri-Seal Compliance Note and Cooperative Agreement Between BIS and OFAC.
On Wednesday, July 26, the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Justice issued a Tri Seal Compliance Note detailing the voluntary self-disclosure of potential violations for export controls, sanctions, and other
Continue Reading The Government Continues to Prioritize Export Control and Sanctions Enforcement Highlighted in New Tri-Seal Compliance Note and Cooperative Agreement Between BIS and OFAC.Podcast: The Latest on Russia Sanctions
Check out the latest episode of The Justice Insiders—a podcast hosted by Husch Blackwell partner Gregg Sofer—where we explore the intersection of international trade law and government investigations
Continue Reading Podcast: The Latest on Russia SanctionsBIS Implements Additional Export Controls and Entity List Additions Targeting Russia to Align with Allies and Partners
On May 19, 2023, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced new export controls and Entity List additions during President Biden’s G7 visit in Japan. In
Continue Reading BIS Implements Additional Export Controls and Entity List Additions Targeting Russia to Align with Allies and PartnersExport Control Violations Result in Significant Monetary Penalties and Continuing Compliance Training Obligations
In a recent order, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) revoked the export privileges for Obaidullah Sayed, an Illinois resident. Sayed was convicted of conspiring
Continue Reading Export Control Violations Result in Significant Monetary Penalties and Continuing Compliance Training ObligationsBiden Administration No Longer Approving Export Licenses to Chinese Tech Giant Huawei
According to recent reports, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has stopped granting export licenses to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”).
The U.S. government has
Continue Reading Biden Administration No Longer Approving Export Licenses to Chinese Tech Giant HuaweiInternational Trade Law: 2022 Year in Review & Outlook for 2023
We are pleased to announce that our team’s fourth-annual international trade law year-in-review report was published just before the New Year. In it, we take a detailed look at how
Continue Reading International Trade Law: 2022 Year in Review & Outlook for 2023BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PAUSES NEW SOLAR ANTICIRCUMVENTION TARIFFS WITH FINAL REGULATIONS RELATED TO IMPORTS OF SOLAR PANELS
On September 16, 2022, the Biden Administration announced the final rule regarding a two-year pause on the imposition of new anticircumvention duties on imports of solar cells and modules from
Continue Reading BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PAUSES NEW SOLAR ANTICIRCUMVENTION TARIFFS WITH FINAL REGULATIONS RELATED TO IMPORTS OF SOLAR PANELSWhy Russia Sanctions Matter – Even if You’re Not an Oligarch
Husch Blackwell’s latest podcast, The Justice Insiders, provides a unique perspective on some of the country’s most interesting criminal cases and issues related to compliance, internal investigations and regulatory
Continue Reading Why Russia Sanctions Matter – Even if You’re Not an Oligarch
AES Now Requires Consistency with EAR Destination-Based Controls; Census Will Not Remove Domestic EEI Requirement for Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands Shipments
Effective January 13, 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau’s (“Census”) Automated Export System (“AES”) began issuing a response code 66Q notifying Electronic Export Information (“EEI”) filers whenever they enter an export
Continue Reading AES Now Requires Consistency with EAR Destination-Based Controls; Census Will Not Remove Domestic EEI Requirement for Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands Shipments
Trump Administration and BIS Announce Willingness to Issue Huawei Export Licenses; Criteria for Issuing Such Licenses Still Unclear
As previously reported in our International Trade Insights blog, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”) and sixty-eight of its affiliate companies to the BIS Entity List effective May 16, 2019. This designation prohibits anyone inside or outside of the United States from exporting, re-exporting or making an in-country transfer of commodities, software or technology that is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to any of the listed Huawei companies without an appropriate license from BIS. Commodities, software and technology are “subject to the EAR” when they are of U.S. origin (regardless of whether they are located inside or outside the U.S.), physically present in the U.S., moving in transit through the U.S. or produced outside of the U.S. with qualifying amounts of controlled U.S.-origin content. The BIS designations for these Huawei companies require BIS to evaluate any license applications according to a general presumption of denial. BIS has also issued a Temporary General License (covered here in the International Trade Insights blog) which authorizes limited transactions with Huawei Entity List companies under certain contracts that existed on or before May 16, 2019. This Temporary General License is currently scheduled to expire on August 19, 2019.
Continue Reading Trump Administration and BIS Announce Willingness to Issue Huawei Export Licenses; Criteria for Issuing Such Licenses Still Unclear