In issuing the Affiliates Rule with immediate effect, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) drastically expanded the number of entities subject to the BIS’ most restrictive export tools by applying the same trade prohibitions to any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by one or
Military End Use/Military End User (MEU)
BIS Rule on Military Intelligence End User Restrictions Becomes Effective Despite White House Regulatory Review
On January 15, 2021, in the final days of the Trump Administration, BIS published an Interim Final Rule, Expansion of Certain End-Use and End-User Controls and Controls on Specific Activities of U.S. Persons, also referred to as the Military Intelligence End User rule (“MIEU Rule”). It was set to be effective March 16, 2021…
UPDATE: President Biden Imposes Sanctions & Export Controls on Myanmar In Response to Military Coup
In an update to our prior alert published last month, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken several additional actions further restricting Myanmar (Burma)’s access to items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Last month, BIS publicly stated it was considering additional export control restrictions and as predicted, on March 4, 2021,…
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…