Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a license permitting a sanctioned Paraguayan tobacco company to continue its remittances under the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul spoke on the House Floor in support of passing H.R. 1093, To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on implementation of the advanced capabilities pillar of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The bill passed the House 393-4.

At an event sponsored by two Brussels think tanks, EU President Ursala von der Leyen defined the challenge of China and Europe’s response, deftly avoiding a single mention of the United States, telling listeners "the point here is that we do not want to cut economic, societal, political or scientific ties."

Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) continues to seek comments on the proposed electronic gathering of voluntary self-disclosures of export controls.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden  is ramping up his investigation into auto supply chain links to forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China, after automakers failed to provide details about their supply chains following an earlier request.

Commerce has added eleven entities to the Entity List under the destinations of Burma, China, Nicaragua, and Russia. In this rule, BIS also amends the EAR to explicitly confirm that the foreign policy interest of protecting human rights worldwide is a basis for adding entities to the Entity List.

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and UK officials named associates of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the production or export of Captagon, a dangerous amphetamine.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced a commitment by the United States and more than twenty foreign governments to enhance beneficial ownership transparency.

Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite clarified the Department's new  Corporate Enforcement Policy at the Global Investigations Review DC Spring Conference, Washington, DC, March 23.

The United States has indicated it's willingness to discuss a comprehensive proposal tabled by a large majority of developing and least-developing countries on making special and differential treatment simple and effective at the World Trade Organization

The RAPTAC received a briefing by Damien Spleeters, Conflict Armament Research, on chains of supply of components found in Russian and Iranian weapons used in Ukraine, and his organizations outreach to industry.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee held a marathon open session Tuesday, with a particular emphasis on the microelectronics supply chain.

Next up, a team from the Strategic Radiation Hardened Electronics Council discussed collaborative efforts across agencies and industry to ensure survivable electronics, terrestrial and in space.

DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a requirement for certain contractors to provide export authorizations to the Defense Contract Management Agency.

The State Departement designated of the former Director of the Paraguayan Civil Aviation Authority, a current member of the Paraguayan Panel for the Discipline of Judges and Prosecutors  and …

Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending and reissuing the Belarus Sanctions Regulations, sanctioned a Burmese aviation fuel broker, and updated the SDN List.

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published its first set of guidance materials to aid the public, and in particular the small business community, in understanding upcoming beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements taking effect on January 1, 2024.

In testimony to the Senate Committee on Finance Thursday, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai fended off bipartisian criticism of the Administration’s diplomatic priorities and process,  Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) kicked off the meeting calling for “ramped up enforcement.. stronger, faster-acting enforcement tools like the Rapid Response Mechanism,

Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a rule adding 32 parties in eleven countries to the Unverified List (UVL).   

Comments sought for rule prohibiting CHIPS Act funding from benefiting "countries of concern." To ensure that funding provided through this program does not directly or indirectly benefit foreign countries of concern, the Act includes certain limitations on funding recipients . . .

Evan Broderick Acting Executive Director of the Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) program at BIS discussed the OICTS, a rapidly growing enforcement activity that set up shop last March.

“The program started with the 2019 Order 13873. that is the Supply Chain EO as it's commonly referred to. It is essentially said that the secretary of commerce can prohibit or mitigate ICTS transactions: information and communications technology transactions that used data in transferred from and linked to a foreign adversary."