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BIS Issues One-Year Suspension of Affiliates Rule Expansion

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, US Regulation
On November 10, 2025, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule titled “One Year Suspension of Expansion of End-User Controls for Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities.” As the title indicates, the final rule formally enacts a one-year suspension of the BIS Affiliates Rule, which had been in … Continue Reading

BIS Issues Rule on Implementation of Export Controls on Several Advanced Technologies

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, US Regulation
On September 5, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) implementing export controls on several semiconductor, quantum and additive manufacturing items, as well as Gate-All-Around Field-Effect Transistor (GAAFET) technology. This long-awaited rule is largely aimed at preventing China and other foreign adversaries from advancing their artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, … Continue Reading

BIS Amends the EAR to Expand Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus and Over 300 New Sanctions Designations

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, Iran, Russia, US, US Regulation
On June 12, 2024, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed additional export control measures against Russia and Belarus by expanding the scope of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) sectoral sanctions. The amendments to the EAR were issued in conjunction with the issuance of sanctions against over … Continue Reading

BIS Amends the EAR To Implement Additional Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus and To Revise Existing Export Controls on Russia, Belarus and Iran

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, Iran, Russia, US, US Regulation
On January 25, 2024, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) expanding the sanctions against Russia and Belarus through new and revised licensing requirements. The amendments also refined existing export controls on Russia, Belarus and Iran to enhance the effectiveness of, and better … Continue Reading

BIS Issues Proposed Rule for Section 1758 Technology Export Controls on Instruments for the Automated Chemical Synthesis of Peptides

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, Technology Transfer, US Regulation
On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register (88 Fed. Reg 24341) a Proposed Rule to implement export controls on certain instruments for the automated synthesis of peptides, which have been identified by BIS as a Section 1758 emerging and foundational technology. Comments … Continue Reading

BIS Amends the EAR to Impose Additional Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus and to Impose Additional Export Controls on Iran

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, Iran, Russia
Sanction, toned photoOn Friday, February 24, 2023, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register four new Final Rules amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR parts 730-774) to implement additional sanctions against Russia and Belarus, refine existing controls, implement export control measures on Iran, and add new entities to the … Continue Reading

BIS Amends EAR to Apply Recent Advanced Computer and Semiconductor Export Controls to Macau

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in China
On January 18, 2023, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register an Interim Final Rule, 88 Fed. Reg. 2821, amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730-774) by adding Macau to the recent controls implemented on certain advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items destined for … Continue Reading

BIS Proposes New US Export Controls on Marine Toxins

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions
On May 23, 2022, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule and request for comments. This proposed rule seeks to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR parts 730-774) by adding four dual-use biological toxins to Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 1C351 on … Continue Reading

US Commerce Department Adopts Controls on Cyber Intrusion Item; Opportunity for Industry Comment

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, US Regulation
On October 21, 2021, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register an Interim Final Rule with request for comments, that amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730- 774) regarding export controls on certain cyber intrusion items. Read the full client alert here.… Continue Reading

BIS Implements Burmese Sanctions

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, US Regulation
On February 10, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14014, “Blocking Property With Respect to the Situation in Burma,” which authorized the imposition of sanctions.  In the EO, the President declared a national emergency to address the threat following a February 1, 2021 military coup in Burma, whereby the military overthrew the democratically-elected government and … Continue Reading

BIS Amends the EAR to Implement 2019 Wassenaar Plenary Agreements

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, US Regulation
On March 29, 2021, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reflect the remaining approved 2019 changes to the dual-use controls adopted during the 2019 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Meetings. … Continue Reading

Department of Commerce Takes Action Against Avnet Asia for Involvement in Illegally Transshipping Sensitive U.S. Commodities to China and Iran

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Enforcement Actions, Export Controls & Sanctions, US Regulation
On January 29, 2021, Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced an Administrative Settlement of $3.2 million (partially suspended) with Singapore-based Avnet Asia Pte. Ltd. (Avnet Asia), a global distributor of electronic components and related software.… Continue Reading

US Needs to Participate and Lead 5G Standards-setting; Huawei Gets a Pass

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, Foreign Investment Reviews, Technology Transfer
On June 18, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register, a new interim final rule that amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730-774) by excluding from the additional licensing requirements imposed by the designations of Huawei organization on the Entity List releases … Continue Reading

US Department of Commerce Seeks Input on Section 232 (Steel and Aluminum) Exclusion Process

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Foreign Investment Reviews, Tariffs, Trade Policy & Market Access, Trade Remedy & Defense
On May 26, 2020, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it would accept comments from the public on the Section 232 exclusion process, including regarding factors considered by agency officials when rendering decisions on exclusion petitions, the efficiency and transparency of the current process, and potential revisions to … Continue Reading

New From BIS: Changes to EAR Direct Product Rule to Tighten Supply Chain for Certain Designated Entity List Organizations

By Squire Patton Boggs on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, US
A new Interim Final Rule (New Rule) issued by the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730-774) by expanding the direct product rule as applied to certain organizations on the entity list took effect on May 15, 2020. The New Rule, … Continue Reading

BIS Sunsets License Exception (CIV) for Civil End Uses in Countries in Group D:1

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, Foreign Investment Reviews, US, US Regulation
On April 28, 2020, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a Final Rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR, subchapter C, parts 730-774) by removing License Exception Civil End Users (CIV) (§ 740.5), which authorized the unlicensed export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of … Continue Reading

BIS Expands Export, Reexport and Transfer (In-Country) Controls for Military End Use or Military End Users in China, Russia or Venezuela

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, US, US Regulation
On April 28, 2020, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a Final Rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 CFR parts 730-774. This new rule critically expands the licensing requirements for exports, reexports and transfers (in-country) of items subject to the EAR in three … Continue Reading

BIS Amends Regulations Governing Export and Reexport of Geospatial Imaging Software

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, Technology Transfer
On January 6, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to make software specially designed to automate the analysis of geospatial imagery subject to the EAR and to impose a requirement of a license for the export and reexport of such software. The … Continue Reading
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