Arms Brokering, ITAR, License Exemption
If you didn’t know where to look, it could take a long time to stumble across the U.S. rule that limits arms brokering. No such rule even existed until 1996, when Congress amended Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act to require people involved in the brokering of...
EAR, EU, EU Regulations, Export Controls, ITAR, USA Regulations
The United States and the European Union are two of the world’s largest trading partners. In 2021, 15.5% of all U.S. exports (by dollar value) went to EU member countries, while 17.3% of U.S. imports arrived from the EU, according to the U.S. Office of Technology...
EAR, Export Controls, Export License, ITAR, License Exemption, Licensing
Political instability around the world is creating a boom for U.S. arms exports, and it’s putting the spotlight on the important difference between Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The U.S. State Department reports that authorized sales...
Defense Trade Controls, DSP, ITAR
By: Anna Barone and Scott Gearity The universe of defense articles and defense services subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) consists predominantly of unclassified items. But some defense articles are also classified. If your organization...
Cloud Computing, Export Compliance, ITAR, Software
Some of the trickier export compliance issues to navigate are the ones related to computing technology, software and data. Export controls require a license or license exception for certain types of technical data and software, including such computing technologies as...
