In light of all the bickering and controversy about ITAR restrictions  barring foreign nationals in Canada from working on US military technology contracts - Americans cannot help but chuckle when Canada discovers Chinese spys among them…
“He quoted a CSIS official as saying that Chinese spies stole $1 billion worth of technological secrets every month.”
Read the story on TheStar.com 

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by philip
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 Which Piper to Pay? LogicaCMG plc Gets Caught Between US and EU Legal Tug-O-War
LogicaCMG, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of U.K.-based LogicaCMG plc, pleaded guilty last Wednesday to violating the U.S. embargo on Cuba. By doing so, the company is violating European Union Laws that prevent it from complying with the US embargo on Cuba. Go [...]

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by philip
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (”BIS”) recently released a settlement agreement in which Robert Abreu, the Senior Director of Strategic Sales for Supermicro Computers, agreed to pay $60,000 to settle charges arising from illegal exports of computer motherboards to Iran. The motherboards were shipped by Supermicro and Abreu to a distributor in the UAE [...]

Posted on April 26th, 2007 by philip
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China’s Space Odyssey: What the Antisatellite Test Reveals About Decision-Making in Beijing
Bates Gill and Martin KleiberFrom Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007
Summary: China’s recent antisatellite test, which the military conducted while leaving civilian authorities mostly in the dark, raises a disturbing question: Will Beijing’s stovepiped bureaucracies prevent China from becoming a reliable global partner?
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Posted on April 26th, 2007 by philip
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ExportLawBlog cautions the Reuters News interpretation of the new Export Enforcement Act of 2007. A good clarification. Read it here.

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by philip
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Early Christmas.. here’s a PowerPoint presentation given by Nancy Meyer, Supervisory Defense Trade Anaylst from the US Department of State, at the series of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) seminars in February and March 2006.  The presentation provides details on the administration of ITAR, and the responsibilities industry have in complying with it. Posted at the Australian Industry, Tourism and [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by philip
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Dr. Paul Fredenberg writes a regular export compliance column for American Machinist.com. Here he comments on industry efforts to compete in the world of EAR and ITAR. Read the article here. 
Export controls make sense to those who are concerned about the United States losing its technological edge over potential adversaries because America depends upon its [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by philip
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration asked Congress on Tuesday to sharply increase penalties on companies that violate export controls on dual-use technology and give Commerce Department agents new investigative powers at home and abroad. 
“In today’s post-9/11 world we need to give law enforcement officers the vitally important tools necessary … to keep the most [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by philip
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John Huddle, CEO and practicing attorney with The Global Law Group in Richmond and chairman of the Virginia-D.C. District Export Council (DEC) spoke to the Blue Ridge Business Journal on the ITT fine, reverse engineering,  and other export compliance issues. Read the article by Michelle Long here. 
“In a nutshell,” Huddle says, “two problems are common [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by philip
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The White House today announced that it was sending to Congress the “Export Enforcement Act of 2007.” The proposed legislation would substantially increase penalties for violations of the Export Administration Regulations (”EAR”):The proposed Export Enforcement Act of 2007 . . . would increase maximum corporate penalties from $50,000 under the executive orders to either $5 [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by philip
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