From the monthly archives: October 2009
Every now and then, usually when I post about it, I receive critical e-mail from folks about my stance on export control reform and why massive reforms of the system should be made in a piecemeal fashion. One of the reasons for this stance is that “reform” (updating a more accurate term) of the processes [...]
The Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday published guidance related to the shipment of spare parts for medical devices initially exported pursuant to a Trade Sanctions Reform Act (TSRA) license. It also addresses what exporters need to do when medical devices breaks and need to be returned for repair. Under both scenarios, OFAC [...]
In case you have not heard about it yet, I wanted to pass along information on a relatively new group of individuals and organizations that have teamed up to raise awareness on the dangers of a nuclear Iran.
The group, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a “bi-partisan, broad-based coalition in formation that will comprise individuals [...]
Over at the Export Law Blog, Clif Burns pens on a speech by Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on export control reforms. While it made a whole lot of sense in the mid 1990s to reform the old export control system – Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls – I still think the current [...]
Drafters of a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on U.S. laws and regulations related to Cuba concluded that the political ball is in Cuba’s court, and that there is not much the U.S. could do to further ease sanctions on the island unless the President certifies to the Congress that there is a democratically-elected [...]
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