On December 23, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong from the list of destinations in the EAR. The amendment implements Sections 2 and 3 of Executive Order 13936 of July 14, 2020,
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BIS – Making Their Lists and Adding to them Twice
BIS remains busy during the closing days of the year. On December 18 and 21 the Department of Commerce issued several press releases announcing the addition of 77 entities to the Entity List, and for the first time, a Military End User List. The December 18 press releases (here and here) announced the…
Recent BIS $31 million Civil Penalty against a Singapore Company Reminds Companies about Global Reach of U.S. Export Controls, Including in the Maritime Sector
In a press release issued August 20, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a final order imposing a fine of over $31 million against Singapore based Nordic Maritime Pte. Ltd. (“Nordic”) and its Chairman, Morten Innhaug (“Innhaug”).
Nordic was found to have violated the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by using U.S. origin…
C&M’s Export Controls Classroom – China in the Crosshairs: An Overview of the U.S. Approach to Mitigating National Security Concerns
Crowell & Moring Monthly Webinar Series
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT
In the past several years, the U.S. government has issued a series of sweeping Executive Orders, policy announcements, and other regulatory and enforcement actions as part of a multi-pronged approach to protect U.S. national interests against the perceived challenges a…
BIS Adds Australia Group Decisions to Commerce Control List
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule in the Federal Register effective June 17, 2020, amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the decisions made at the February 2020 Australia Group Intersessional Implementation Meeting, and those subsequently adopted pursuant to the group’s procedures.
The Australia Group is a multilateral…
WEBINAR: China in the Crosshairs: An Overview of the U.S. Approach to Mitigating National Security Concerns
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
In the past several years, the U.S. government has issued a series of sweeping Executive Orders, policy announcements, and other regulatory and enforcement actions as part of a multi-pronged approach to protect U.S. national interests against the perceived challenges…
UPDATE: New Notices Available for Public Inspection, Expected to be Published in the Federal Register June 5, 2020
To update our original post on May 29, 2020 BIS Adds 33 Chinese Companies to the Entity List, the new final rules are available for public inspection and expected to be published in the Federal Register on June 5, 2020. As mentioned in our prior blog post, the Department of Commerce announced the addition…
BIS Adds 33 Chinese Companies to the Entity List
Secretary of Commerce Ross announced the Entity List additions on Friday, May 22, 2020, via separate press releases, citing 24 of the entities for “represent[ing] a significant risk of supporting procurement of items for military end-use in China,” and the remaining 9 entities for their complicity in human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous…
BIS Creates a Special “Direct Product” Rule for Huawei
Asserting that Huawei has taken advantage of a “loophole,” Secretary of Commerce Ross on Friday, March 15, 2020, announced an amendment of the direct product rule that for now applies only to Huawei and its affiliates on the Entity List. The amendment expands the scope of the rule to capture certain foreign manufactured items, making…
Commerce Announces EAR Rule Change to Further Target Huawei’s Access to U.S. Technologies
In a press release published on May, 15, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced plans to move forward with a long debated rule change that will extend US export jurisdiction over additional foreign-produced items. Though not yet published in the Federal Register, BIS announced a change to the foreign-produced direct product rule…