Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Amazon’s settlement with OFAC puts e-commerce companies on notice
Today the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a settlement agreement with Amazon for apparent violations of U.S. sanctions regulations by the company. The announcement puts e-commerce and online companies…
A First Step: BIS Eliminates Certain Hong Kong Export License Exceptions
Today the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it is suspending license exceptions for exports, re-exports, or transfers to or within Hong Kong that provide differential treatment than license…
Effective Today - New Export Control Restrictions on Military End Users and End Uses in China, Russia, and Venezuela
Bureau of Industry and Security Issues Guidance on Rule The new Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) rule prohibiting certain exports, reexports, and transfers of items to “military end-users” and “military…
Commerce Department Set to Investigate Whether Imports of Vanadium Threaten to Impair National Security
On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published notice in the Federal Register of its initiation of an investigation to determine whether imports of…
CFIUS Issues Proposed Rule to Amend Mandatory Declaration Requirements
On May 21, the U.S. Treasury Department, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), issued a proposed rule that more directly links mandatory filing obligations with export control…