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US and Mexico vow to expand Unified Customs Processing at border
“In 2020 both governments expect to implement low-cost, high-impact strategies to simplify customs and immigration screening and reduce wait times,” the U.S. State Department said.
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Senators urge trade sanctions for Russian election interference
Democratic Senators Charles Schumer and Sharrod Brown say sanctions should target not only the responsible Russian government agencies and officials, but President Vladimir Putin.
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State Department bans exports to 13 weapons proliferators
The Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation ordered the revocation of export licenses linked to violators of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act.
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What’s in your laptop?
With smartphones and other mobile devices vital to how companies conduct business, corporate compliance officers strive to prevent unlawful exports of controlled data.
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When scientific activity becomes a controlled export
U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest of Harvard University’s chemistry department chair on charges of lying about financial and research connections to the Chinese government.
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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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New US sanctions aim to dent Iran’s metal producers
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Iranian metals industry generates billions of dollars for the regime, contributing to its nuclear weapons program.
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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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A library card is not an export license to send guns to Canada
Canadian national Alexis Vlachos, who was sentenced to prison last September, will not be able to export or receive anything from the U.S. for the…
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Legislation supports US sanctions for threats to Hong Kong’s sovereignty
The Hong Kong Human Right Rights and Democracy Act, which unanimously passed the House of Representatives on Oct. 15, puts pressure on Hong Kong to…
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