EU relaxes sanctions against Syria, including oil embargo, and ends economic sanctions against Myanmar/Burma *

European Union, Myanmar, Syria - May 13 2013
On April 22 the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU agreed to soften sanctions against Syria and to introduce further waivers in a calculated move to…

Co-authors: Guy Soussan, Ed Krauland, Jack Hayes, Maury Shenk.

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US sanctions on Iran: 2012 year in review *

Iran, USA - February 25 2013
The United States first imposed sanctions against Iran in 1979, and established the current Iran sanctions framework in the mid-1990s with the…

Co-authors: Amy J. Lentz, Julia Court Ryan, Ed Krauland, Peter Edward Jeydel, Anthony Rapa.

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EU General Court annuls EU sanctions imposed against Bank Saderat *

European Union - February 21 2013
In a judgment issued on February 5, 2013, the European Union's General Court ruled that the EU should lift its sanctions against Bank Saderat, one of…

Co-authors: Helen Aldridge , Ed Krauland, Maury Shenk, Dr. Pieter H. F. Bekker, Anthony Rapa.

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OFAC amends ITSR to implement ITRA and executive order 13622 *

USA - January 7 2013
On December 26, 2012, the US Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued amendments to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions…

Co-authors: Julia Court Ryan, Ed Krauland, Anthony Rapa.

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BIS and DDTC propose changes to USML categories VI, VII, VIII, XI, and XV *

USA - January 4 2013
On November 28, 2012, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the US Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade…

Co-authors: Charles J. Morris, Ed Krauland, Jack Hayes.

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