Conduct of fundamental research can still implicate U.S. export control laws *

USA - August 30 2012
Most research institutions are aware that an exemption for "fundamental research" exists under U.S. export control laws.

Co-authors: J. Garrett Cornelison.

Burmese market opened to U.S. investment and financial services *

Myanmar, USA - July 13 2012
On July 11, 2012, in an effort to support the Burmese Government's ongoing economic and political reform efforts, and pursuant to the change in U.S. policy towards Burma first expressed by Secretary of State Clinton in May, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) substantially removed the preexisting ban on the export of financial services to Burma and on new U.S. investment in Burma.

Co-authors: Melvin S. Schwechter, J. Garrett Cornelison.