Russia Sanctions: The UK and EU each made over 200 additional designations. The EU designated several banks that the US previously had sanctioned, including Bank Otkritie, Novicombank, Sovcombank, and VTB Bank. Both the EU and the UK designated several oligarchs including Alexander Petaykin (associated with Trans Stroy), Evgeny Zubitskiy (Industrial Metallurgical Holding), Grigory Berezkin
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Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of April 7, 2022]
Russia Sanctions: Last Friday, the U.S. (BIS) added a number of entities to the Entity List citing their support of the Russian and Belarusian militaries. Over the April 1 weekend, the world began to learn of the atrocities in Bucha. The U.S., UK, and EU have since responded with a number of new sanctions…
Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of March 31, 2022]
Russia Sanctions: As the war enters its fifth week, the U.S. and UK continue to expand the restrictions and add to the list of designated individuals and entities. Relative to sanctions and other prohibitions previously announced, there were few developments over the past week, but additional targeted sanctions may be forthcoming should the Russian…
Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of March 17, 2022]
Russia Sanctions: The U.S., EU, and UK continue to apply pressure on Russia through the implementation of additional sanctions. The UK instituted the most significant additional sanctions this week, designating more than 350 persons. The EU also prohibited engaging in transactions with an identified list of Russian state-owned companies and their subsidiaries outside of…
Russia Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of March 10, 2022]
Russia Sanctions: The U.S., EU, and UK continue to apply pressure on Russia through new sanctions on oligarchs and politicians and restrictions on exports. A number of other countries have implemented similar measures and continue to widen the scope of such prohibitions as the invasion continues. On a more limited scale, Belarus has also…
Join Us for a Crowell & Moring Webinar – Export Controls Year in Review 2021
February 2, 2022 from 11:30 AM (EST) to 1:00 PM (EST)
Crowell & Moring International Trade attorneys will discuss the most prominent developments of the last year and the trends we expect to continue into 2022.
We will examine the myriad changes in this complex regulatory environment including:
- The changing role of the Department of
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Presidential Nominees Join the Bureau of Industry and Security
Thea Rozman Kendler and Matthew Axelrod joined the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) as Assistant Secretaries of Commerce. Both were nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate.
Under the Export Control Reform Act, 50 U.S.C. §4852(a), the President must appoint two Assistant Secretaries of Commerce to assist the…
BIS and DDTC Add Cambodia to their ‘Naughty’ List
On December 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) both issued final rules adding export restrictions on Cambodia.
BIS amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement more restrictive export controls for Cambodia to ensure that items…
Bureau of Industry and Security Issues Proposed Rule to Amend Export Administration Regulations to Clarify and Expand Restriction on the Availability of License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization
On October 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced its proposal to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in order to clarify and expand restrictions on the availability of License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization (License Exception STA or STA) for items controlled by the EAR. BIS proposed clarifying…
Three Former U.S. Intelligence Community and Military Personnel to Pay $1.68 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges Regarding Hacking-Related Services to a Foreign Government
On September 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that three former employees of the U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) and the U.S. military agreed to enter a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) in violation of Title 18,…