As part of a comprehensive streamlining effort, the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued an interim final rule that reorganizes and restructures Part 120 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). This action marks the initial stage of the DDTC’s effort to restructure and consolidate the ITAR through a series
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U.S. Authorizes New Sanctions on Ethiopia and Updates ITAR Licensing Policy
By Julia Kuelzow on
Posted in Export Controls and Sanctions, Trade Policy
Last week, the Biden administration issued a new Executive Order (“E.O.”) that authorizes “menu-based” sanctions on persons determined to be responsible for or complicit in the ongoing crisis in northern Ethiopia, and announced a policy of denial for export licenses of military equipment to Ethiopia. The two actions are aimed to stop the escalating conflict…
U.S. announces new sanctions, export control restrictions, and an arms embargo on Russia
By Kelley Drye on
Posted in Export Controls and Sanctions
Today, the United States announced new targeted sanctions, export control restrictions, and an arms embargo on Russia after the poisoning and imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. All three of the agencies with primary authority to regulate exports – the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) at the State Department, the Bureau of Industry…
DDTC and BIS Propose New Rules to Continue Export Control Reform Initiative
By Kelley Drye on
Posted in Export Controls and Sanctions
As part of the ongoing Export Control Reform initiative, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has issued proposed rules that would move certain items currently controlled on the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). The proposed rules would move some items…