Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
Expansion of U.S. Huawei Restrictions: More Foreign-Made Items Are Caught By U.S. Export Controls
On August 20, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule (“final rule”) amending the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to expand restrictions on transactions involving Huawei entities…
BIS Confirms: Entity List Restrictions Apply to All Parties, Including Freight Forwarders and Purchasers
On August 20, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will publish a final rule confirming that the Entity List licensing requirements apply to all transactions in which a listed party plays a role – including…
Goodbye “Made in Hong Kong,” Hello “Made In China”
Updated August 24, 2020 : CBP has extended the transition period for compliance with this rule change by 45 days until November 9, 2020. See the CSMS notice here . Yesterday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) issued…
President Issues Executive Orders Targeting TikTok and WeChat
Last Thursday, the President issued two executive orders (“E.O.s”) targeting social media applications TikTok (and its parent company, ByteDance) and WeChat (and its parent company, Tencent Holdings). The E.O.s direct…
OFAC announces first Hong Kong sanctions designations
On Friday, OFAC issued its first designations under the new Hong Kong sanctions program imposed by E.O. 13936 . OFAC added 11 current and former Hong Kong government officials, including Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s Chief…