On December 23, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a Final Rule that identified 57 Chinese companies and 45 Russian companies as “military end users,” limiting their ability to purchase certain US goods and technology (MEU List).… Continue Reading
In June 2017, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed coordinated sanctions against two entities from the Crimea Region of Ukraine and eight entities from Russia. OFAC added each entity to the OFAC List of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN List) and Block Persons under the executive orders implemented … Continue Reading