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Justice Department Announces Charges and Arrest in Two Separate Illicit Technology Transfer Schemes to Benefit Governments of China and Iran

The German Energy Efficiency Act (the “Act”) came into force at the end of 2023. As of January 1, 2024, energy efficiency obligations apply specifically to data centers. The Act...

Australian defense industry has growing concern over upcoming changes to the country's export policy required as part of the terms of the AUKUS pact.

According to United States Attorney Peace, the Bazzazis orchestrated a complex scheme to bypass U.S. export laws, aiming to procure equipment and technology for the Iranian regime.

More than a dozen lawmakers called on the Department of Commerce on Thursday to add ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of TikTok, to its export control list in order to “address critical vulnerabilities created by the company’s access to U.S. software.” The group, led by Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), expressed concerns…

The 99-page report, “Asleep at the Wheel: Car Companies’ Complicity in Forced Labor in China,” finds that some carmakers have succumbed to Chinese government pressure to apply weaker human rights and responsible sourcing standards at their Chinese joint ventures than in their global operations, increasing the risk of exposure to forced labor in Xinjiang. Most have done too little to map their aluminum supply chains and identify links to forced labor.

Saber Fakih, 48, pleaded guilty to conspiring to procure high-powered microwave system and counter-drone system to Iran, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Saber Fakih, 48, pleaded guilty to conspiring to procure high-powered microwave system and counter-drone system to Iran, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

Hearing is held to build on President Joe Biden’s executive order banning US investments in four Chinese tech sectors; witnesses urge lawmakers to use existing authorities rather than create new mechanisms.

* (Interview with Dinu Solojan, CEO Transcarpath Sportours International)Reporter: What is the situation of the defense industry in our country?