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Commerce takes over swath of US firearm export controls
The department said the shift of certain firearms from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List does not decontrol these items but changes…
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US breaks up Pakistani nuke component smuggling operation
Five Pakistani men are charged with duping 29 U.S. companies into illicitly exporting equipment and components to the blacklisted Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and Advanced…
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US commission supports sanctions for Chinese human rights abusers
A bipartisan group of U.S. House and Senate lawmakers see export controls as a means to punish those Chinese officials and companies involved in human…
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President Trump threatens sanctions against Iraq
Limited prohibitions of certain American-made technology exports and financial transactions are currently in place for the Middle East country rebuilding from 20 years of war.
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Cost of noncompliance with US trade regulations rises
The Commerce Department increases maximum penalty amounts for violations in accordance with the 2015 Federal Civil Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act.
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Stopping controlled exports that walk and talk
U.S. enforcement agencies are turning up the heat on Chinese nationals who illicitly obtain and attempt to smuggle American-made technologies back to China.
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US tightens export controls for China, Russia and Venezuela
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security will expand export licensing requirements for technologies intended for military applications.
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US exporters attempt to head off new content restrictions
The Commerce Department is expected to propose new rules that lower the U.S. content threshold for licensable reexports and when foreign-made products are subject to…
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Commerce seeks to protect US digital economy from sabotage
A proposed rule calls for the Commerce Department to determine whether certain technologies pose a threat to U.S. national security and prohibit those trade transactions.
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Senators want Trump to halt export license approvals for Huawei
While most license applications related to the Chinese telecom are expected to be denied, news reports surface that some U.S. companies have started receiving approvals…
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