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Treasury and Commerce ease Cuba restrictions

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • Cuba, USA
  • -
  • September 10 2009

On September 3, 2009, the Departments of the Treasury and Commerce put flesh on the bones of President Obama’s announcement in April of this year that the U.S. Government would ease restrictions on Cuba

Bureau of Industry and Security revises SNAP-R and recordkeeping requirements

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2009

On December 4, 2009, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed a rule that would change certain recordkeeping requirements applicable to exporters and reduce the use of paper documents in the agency’s licensing program

Omnibus Appropriations Act may increase U.S. exports to Cuba of ag-med products

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 23 2009

The recently signed omnibus appropriations act may increase sales to Cuba of agricultural commodities, medicine and medical products by reversing a 2005 interpretation of "cash in advance" as used in the Trade Sanctions Reform Act of 2000 (TSRA

U.S. companies may face greater scrutiny of domestic sales as Congress focuses on weaknesses in U.S. export controls

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2009

U.S. companies should expect enhanced export enforcement activities focusing on domestic sales as the result of a recent undercover investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO

Congressional focus on export controls may lead to greater domestic sales scrutiny

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 18 2009

US companies should expect enhanced export enforcement activities focusing on domestic sales as the result of a recent undercover investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO

States use insurance regulations to target companies doing business in Iran

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2010

Insurance companies licensed to do business in US states have become the latest target of state efforts to encourage divestment from non-US companies that do business in Iran

President Obama eases sanctions to enhance interaction with the Cuban people

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • Cuba, USA
  • -
  • April 16 2009

On April 13, 2009 President Obama eased sanctions against Cuba to permit certain telecommunications as well as visits and remittances by Cuban Americans to relatives on the island

DHL settles export controls case for $9.4 million

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2009

On August 6, 2009, the U.S.Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S.Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a joint settlement agreement of allegations that DHL unlawfully aided and abetted the unauthorized exportation of goods to Syria, Iran and Sudan in 2004 and also failed to comply with applicable recordkeeping requirements with respect to hundreds of exports

New rules ease US sanctions for agricultural exports and free speech

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2010

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has promulgated two final rules that ease sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan with respect to key areas of authorized trade

U.S. State Department proposes to relax controls on exports to dual and third-country nationals

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2010

On August 11, 2010, the U.S. State Department issued a proposed rule that, if adopted, will relax the controls associated with the export of defense-related items to non-U.S. entities that employ individuals of various nationalities

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