What is ITAR?
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What is ITAR?

What is ITAR compliance? The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are, as the title indicates, rules governing trade in munitions. While that summary is accurate, it leaves many open questions. What are “munitions”? How is trade in munitions defined? Who is engaged in such trade, what authorizations are United States exporters and foreign re-sellers…

Which Way for Huawei?
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Which Way for Huawei?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s not surprising that Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies is back in the headlines. Most export control proceedings take place outside the spotlight, perhaps getting a brief mention at most on the business page. The new restrictions on Huawei differ because they have widespread impact and fit nicely into the ongoing Trade War…

Australian National Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Aircraft Parts to Iran
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Australian National Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Aircraft Parts to Iran

BOSTON – An Australian national sentenced March 21 to two years in federal prison on four counts of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Which criminalizes knowing transactions with Iranian entities without a license from the U.S. Department of Treasury. David Russell Levick, 57, of Cherrybrook NSW, Australia, who previously pled guilty to the…

Here’s what happens next in the Huawei CFO case
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Here’s what happens next in the Huawei CFO case

The Huawei sanctions fraud case rattled markets, stunned the tech world and put U.S. agencies on the spot. All three will be monitoring the next several weeks to see what’s next. Huawei is one of China’s largest companies and is the second largest producer of mobile phones in the world. On Dec. 1, police in Vancouver arrested Huawei CFO…