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G8 Agrees to Impose Additional Sanctions on Zimbabwe Regime

Posted on July 08, 2008
The leaders of the G8 nations agreed today at their Hokkaido Toyako, Japan Summit to seek additional sanctions against the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe. The statement released by the G8 leaders states that: "We will take further steps, inter alia introducing financial and other measures against those...

Investigations in Germany and Japan Reveal Prohibited Reexports to North Korea

Posted on July 07, 2008
Japan's Daily Yomiuri reports that the Japan-made vacuum pumps found at a North Korean nuclear facility by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were exported from Japan to Taiwan and then reexported to a North Korean trading company. The article states that the North Korean trading...

Court of International Trade Denies

Posted on July 06, 2008
This week, the Court of International Trade denied Totes-Isotoner Corporation?s ("Totes") claim against the United States government alleging that the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) sets a higher tariff rate for men?s gloves in violation of equal protection and due process...

Court of International Trade Dismisses Harmonized Tariff Schedule Gender Discrimination Case

Posted on July 06, 2008
On July 3, 2008, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) denied Totes-Isotoner Corporation?s ("Totes") claim alleging that the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) violated the equal protection and due process clauses of the U.S...

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Mandatory AES Rule Effective Today

Posted on July 03, 2008
This is a reminder that today is the effective date of the the final rule issued by the Census Bureau on June 2, 2008 requiring that all Electronic Export Information (formerly known as Shipper's Export Declarations or SEDs) be filed via the Automated Export System (AES) prior to the departure of...

CBP Posts Statement in Defense of Searches of Laptop Computers and Other Digital Devices

Posted on July 01, 2008
In defense of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) policy regarding the search of laptop computers and digital devices possessed by travelers returning to the U.S. from abroad, CBP Deputy Commissioner Jayson Ahern posted an article on Leadership Journal, the Department of Homeland Security's...

New DTAG Members Recently Named

Posted on June 30, 2008
Congratulations to the newly appointed members to the 2008-2010 term of the Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG). The DTAG provides the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs with a formal channel for consultation and coordination with U...

Senate Confirms Top Export Control Posts

Posted on June 30, 2008
On Friday, June 27, the Senate unanimously confirmed Christopher Wall to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. As a result, Mr. Wall will soon be part of the Bureau of Industry and Security's senior management team. On the same day, the Senate confirmed former Brigadier...

Senate Finance Committee Holds Oversight Hearing on Customs and Other Trade Functions

Posted on June 30, 2008
Last week, the Senate Finance Committee held an oversight hearing as part of the committee's efforts to reauthorize the customs and trade functions in the executive branch. Appearing before the Finance Committee were the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); the Assistant...

USTR Announces Results of 2007 GSP Annual Review

Posted on June 30, 2008
Today the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the results of the 2007 Annual Review of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). As a result of this year?s review, duty-free treatment for the vast majority of products covered by GSP will continue...

Canada Imposes Restrictions on Zimbabwe

Posted on June 30, 2008
In response to the recent events in Zimbabwe, the Government of Canada announced today that it will immediately put in place a series of measures to severely restrict its relationship with the Government of Zimbabwe. These measures include: Imposing restrictions on travel, work and study on senior...

Government of Iraq Files Lawsuit in Federal Court Seeking Damages Resulting From Oil-for-Food Program

Posted on June 30, 2008
Attorneys representing the government of the Republic of Iraq have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, NY against numerous companies and individuals involved in the United Nations oil-for-food program. According to a Dow Jones report, the lawsuit, filed last Friday,...

Exporters Beware: U.S. Government Significantly Steps Up Enforcement Efforts

Posted on June 26, 2008
By Douglas N. Jacobson, Mark Andrews and Laura Martino (Reprinted from Strasburger & Price LLP's Business and Law Newsletter) Earlier this year, a Minnesota company was hit with $800,000 in criminal and civil penalties for omitting certain facts in license applications submitted to the U...

CBP Trade Symposium Dates Announced; Dates Not Finalized for BIS Update

Posted on June 26, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that its annual Trade Symposium will be held October 29 ? 31, 2008 at the JW Marriott hotel in Washington, D.C. More details to follow. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has not yet finalized the dates of its annual Update...

Omega Engineering Removed Early From Denied Persons List

Posted on June 26, 2008
Congratulations to Omega Engineering, Inc. for being removed early from the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Denied Persons List. In November 2003, BIS issued a non-standard denial of export privileges that prohibited Omega, until November 2008, from participating in transactions involving...

U.S. Lifts TWEA Sanctions on North Korea, But Most Trade-Related Restrictions Remain Until Further Notice

Posted on June 26, 2008
As a result of North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs, facilities and materials, today President Bush issued a Proclamation lifting the application of the Trading With the Enemies Act (TWEA) on North Korea. At the same time, the President issued an Executive Order continuing certain...

BIS Announces Creation of Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee

Posted on June 26, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced in today's Federal Register that it is forming and recruiting individuals from the private sector to join the Emerging Technology Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC), a technical advisory committee (TAC) tasked with reviewing and providing...

Senate Holds Hearing on Laptop Searches Conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Posted on June 26, 2008
In light of the two Circuit Courts of Appeal decisions holding that the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution does not require any reasonable suspicion to search and seize the contents of any electronic device, including a laptop computer, belonging to a U...

USA*Engage Honors Senator Hagel and Representaive Blumenauer

Posted on June 25, 2008
USA*Engage today held its annual luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to honor Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) for their leadership on issues relating to U.S. diplomacy and global engagement. During the program, Senator Hagel and Representative Blumenauer...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Implements Online Trade Violation Reporting System

Posted on June 25, 2008
In an unusual and potentially problematic development, U.S. Customs and Border Protection?s (CBP) Office of International Trade recently implemented e-Allegations, an online trade violation reporting system, that will allow individuals to anonymously report suspected violations of customs laws...

Senate Approves Nomination of Next Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration

Posted on June 25, 2008
The Senate Banking Committee voted today to confirm Christopher R. Wall as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. This position has been vacant since late 2007 when Christopher A. Padilla, the previous Assistant Secretary, was confirmed to serve as Undersecretary of Commerce for...

Center for International Trade and Security to Present Next Session of Export Control Academy in August 2008

Posted on June 25, 2008
The University of Georgia's Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) will be presenting the next session of its well known Export Control Academy in August 2008. The Export Control Academy, which provides a comprehensive overview of export control concepts, issues and standards from an...

India Asks Weapon Exporting Countries to Ease Technology Control Laws

Posted on May 29, 2008
Speaking at the Berlin Air Show being held this week, the online edition of The Hindu newspaper reports that India's Defense Minister "has asked major weapon exporting countries to relax their technology control laws if they wish to participate in the country?s defence modernisation programme which...

Two Persons Arrested in Chicago Relating to Chinese Honey Imports

Posted on May 28, 2008
Two executives of the U.S. operations of Alfred L. Wolff, a German-based food ingredients company, were arrested in Chicago on Friday for allegedly conspiring to import honey from China that was falsely identified to avoid U.S. antidumping duties and containing an antibiotic not approved by the...

Toward a 21st Century Export and Technology Control Regime

Posted on May 16, 2008
Today the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a wide ranging and well attended export controls program in Washington, DC entitled "Toward a 21st Century Export and Technology Control Regime". The program featured one of the broadest group of speakers at an export controls...

OFAC Adds Three More Belarus Enterprises to SDN List

Posted on May 15, 2008
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today added three Belarus enterprises affiliated with Belneftekhim, also known as the Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry, to the Specially Designated Nationals List. The Belarusian enterprises designated today are Lakokraska OAO,...

USA Today Reports on Prohibited Exports of Night-Vision Equipment and Technology

Posted on May 15, 2008
USA Today has reported on efforts by terrorist and other groups to obtain advanced U.S. military night-vision equipment and the U.S. Government efforts to prevent and prosecute such efforts: The government has prosecuted more than two dozen businesses and individuals over the past 18 months for...

New Orleans Businessman Pleads Guilty to Espionage Charge for Providing Classified Information to China

Posted on May 15, 2008
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced yesterday that Tai Shen Kuo of New Orleans, La. pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to deliver national defense information to the People?s Republic of China (PRC)...

USTR Announces 2008 Annual GSP Review

Posted on May 15, 2008
Although the Generalized System of Preferences is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2008 unless renewed by Congress, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice in today's Federal Register announcing the initiating of the 2008 Annual Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to modify...

Senate to Hold Hearing on U.S. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties with the U.K. and Australia

Posted on May 14, 2008
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a hearing on May 21, 2008 on the Defense Trade Cooperation treaties that the U.S. signed with the governments of the United Kingdom and Australia in 2007 and were submitted to the Senate for "advice and consent" (2/3 vote required for approval)...

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