On August 15, 2019, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of August 14, 2019 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations, which continues for another year, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States related to the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as…

On August 14, 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security published in the Federal Register a final rule [Docket No. 190808-0011] that amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding seventeen entities, under a total of nineteen entries, to the Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the EAR). These seventeen entities have been determined by the US Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the…

On August 14, 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security published in the Federal Register a notice of inquiry [Docket No. 190215128-9128-01] seeking public comments on the impact on commercial activities of proposed additions to “Schedule 1” in the “Annex on Chemicals” to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), as implemented through the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (CWCIA) and the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR). The purpose of this notice of inquiry is to collect…