US State Department releases final responsible investment reporting requirements for Burma: some reports due July 1, 2013 *

Myanmar, USA - June 17 2013
On May 23, 2013, the US Department of State released the final "Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements", which updates and clarifies the…

Co-authors: Julia Court Ryan, Ed Krauland, Jack Hayes, Meredith A. Rathbone .

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US-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty implemented in ITAR and officially in effect; license-free exports now available for Australia under certain circumstances *

Australia, USA - May 23 2013
On April 11, 2013, the US State Department, Directorate of Trade Controls (DDTC), issued a final rule amending the International Traffic in Arms…

Co-authors: Julia Court Ryan, Ed Krauland, Jack Hayes, Meredith A. Rathbone .

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US continues “targeted easing” of Burma sanctions, including relaxing the Burmese import ban *

Myanmar, USA - November 27 2012
The US Government has continued to ease its economic sanctions directed at Burma (also called Myanmar).

Co-authors: Julia Court Ryan, Ed Krauland, Henry N. Smith , Jack Hayes, Meredith A. Rathbone .

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Hinting further action, Treasury issues new targeted sanctions regulations for Yemen *

USA, Yemen - November 14 2012
On November 9, 2012, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published in the Federal Register the new Yemen Sanctions Regulations (YSR), 31 C.F.R. Part 552.

Co-authors: Julia Court Ryan, Ed Krauland, Theodore N. Nemeroff , Jack Hayes, Meredith A. Rathbone .

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BIS proposes rule imposing voluntary self-disclosure deadlines and changing requirements for service of charging letters *

USA - November 9 2012
On November 7, 2012, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry Security published a proposed rule, at 77 Fed. Reg. 66777, which would require that the final narrative account in a voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) related to violations of the Export Administration Regulations be submitted to the Office of Export Enforcement within 180 days of the initial VSD notification.

Co-authors: Amy J. Lentz, Julia Court Ryan, Ed Krauland, Jack Hayes, Meredith A. Rathbone .

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