US Antiboycott Regulations: Clarified and Demystified They’re part of the Export Administration Regulations, but they’re not export controls. They’re highly relevant to international business, but you don’t have to export anything to violate them. They’re regularly enforced by the Bureau of Industry and Security, but many affected businesses have never heard of them. We’re referring to US antiboycott regulat...

May You Live in Interesting Times...Page through any history book and you will find that the most intriguing and compelling eras were those filled with turmoil, confusion, and uncertainty. But the people living back then, like many of today’s importers, manufacturers, and retailers, would most certainly have traded those exciting times for the slower pace of peace and predictability. To say that the United States’ recent impositio...

The BIS form 748P is used for export licenses, re-export licenses, and commodity classifications, among other things. This form is the major feature of the web-based application platform used by BIS, “SNAP-R”. If you are new to the BIS 748P application, you need to know the above and more if you want to successfully prepare a complete application package with required supporting documents. You need to know how to prepare your appli...

University Export Controls Program:Strength in NumbersThe U.S. export controls regulations affect all parts of a university or company. Operational processes from those rooted in sponsored research, technology transfer, materials transfer, shipping, recruiting, travel, and more have an element that requires some aspect of screening or evaluation against the relevant government regulations.Pulling together the key stakeholders is not easy, b...

Export Compliance Essentials for ShippingShipping personnel should be key players on your export compliance team. Give them the essential knowledge necessary to be valuable, informed - and willing - participants in your export compliance program.Export compliance requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) create burdens for shipping and compliance professionals. It...

"ACE Reports for Exports";The Government's Watching Your Data, Are YOU? Perhaps you have heard about the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Maybe you use it daily to file Electronic Export Information (EEI) in the Automated Export System (AES), or maybe your freight forwarders do this for you. Maybe you still struggle to understand all the acronyms the government throws at exporters! Regardless of where you are as an exporter in the spec...

Export 101: Starting at the Beginning Understanding the 1000+ pages of US export control regulations isn’t easy—you don’t want to just sit down and start reading the rules. What you need is someone to explain the basics to you because you need to know what the rules say and mean before you start reading them. Felice Laird, who has 30 years’ experience in training on US export controls, will give you all of that and more...

Welcome to the Club: An Overview of India's Dual-Use and Defense Export Control Systems Including Recent Reforms Related to the Wassenaar ArrangementOver the past year, the Indian government has undertaken a series of reforms to its dual-use and defense-related export controls. These changes helped to pave the way for India’s formal admission into the Wassenaar Arrangement in December 2017 and the Australia Group in January 2018. India...

The Essentials and Challenges of Exporting Firearms and AmmunitionWhen it comes to U.S. export controls, there are many things that distinguish firearms and ammunition from other items. This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the license requirements to export firearms and ammunition. We will examine the challenges inherent in dealing with civilian and government or military customers and the unique impact politics has on the ex...

Exporting Under the NAFTAUpdate on the Modernization Negotiations and Strategies for Using the NAFTA to Gain a Competitive EdgeFor more than two decades, U.S. exporters have been using the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for greater access to customers outside of the U.S., to gain an edge over their competitors, and to lower costs for their customers. Preferential tariff treatment is provided under the NAFTA for qualifying goods,...