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Today, the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed additional export control restrictions on Myanmar (Burma) in response to the recent military coup in that country. BIS...
On December 1, 2020, China's Export Control Law ("ECL") took effect. 1 Prior to the ECL, China's export control regime was scattered across multiple laws, regulations, and guidelines enforced by an array of government ministries. The ECL changes this status quo by creating a comprehensive and unified framework for export control. The ECL follows China's May 2019 announcement of the Provisions on the List of Unreliable Entities ("UEL") under which blacklisted entities can be restricted or prevented from trading with China. 2 This client alert lays out the major provisions of the ECL and t...
Today, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce (Commerce) imposed new controls on any U.S. technologies and specific activities of U.S. persons who may be supporting foreign military-intelligence end uses and end users in China, Cuba, Russia, and Venezuela, as well as in terrorist-supporting countries. BIS is also enhancing controls to prevent U.S.
The election of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States, at the expense of Donald Trump’s bid for a second term, is undoubtedly a ray of hope for multilateralists. The Trump administration was a divisive edifice with no clear policy direction, save for satisfying Trump’s atavistic desires for untrammelled power, domination and fealty. He won the surprise 2016 election by appealing to the baser instincts of human nature, deflecting responsibility for one’s problem onto a perceived threat. In terms of America’s economic and employment challenges, Trump blamed it on his pred...