Trade and Manufacturing Monitor

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BIS Issues Guidance to Financial Institutions on Best Practices for Compliance with the Export Administration Regulations

This blog post was drafted with assistance from Sean C. Church, Paralegal On October 9, 2024 the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published guidance for financial institutions (FIs) which…

BIS Publishes New Controls on Quantum Computing and Other Advanced Technologies in Accordance with International Partners

This blog post was drafted with assistance from Sean C. Church, Paralegal On September 5 th, 2024 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Commerce Department issued an interim final rule (IFR) which…

Commerce Department Proposes to Ease Licensing Requirements for Strategic Trade Authorization

On December 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a proposed rule to amend License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization (“STA”) within the Export Administration…

House 90-Day Review Report Calls for “Win-At-All-Costs” Approach to Preventing PRC Access to Critical U.S. Technology

On December 7, 2023, the U.S. House of Representative’s Foreign Affairs Committee (House Committee) released a 90-day report (the Report) on the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). The report…

U.S. Implements New Export Controls on Emerging and Foundational Technologies, Targeting Semi-Conductors and Gas Turbine Technologies

Yesterday, the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim rule imposing new export controls on four emerging and foundational technologies. The new rules control two substrates of ultra-wide gap…