U.S. State Department Tagged Articles

Chris GillisThursday, March 5, 2020

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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Chris GillisTuesday, February 25, 2020

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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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Chris GillisThursday, February 20, 2020

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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Chris GillisFriday, February 7, 2020

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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Chris GillisTuesday, January 28, 2020

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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Chris GillisTuesday, January 21, 2020

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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Chris GillisFriday, January 10, 2020

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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Chris GillisFriday, January 3, 2020

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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