BIS Posts Record of Comments on Proposed License Exception STA
The Bureau of Industry and Security has posted the record of public comments on its December 2010 proposed rule to add a new License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization (STA) to allow exports, reexports and transfers (in-country) of specified items to destinations that pose little risk of unauthorized use of those items.
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(See ITT's Online Archives or 12/09/10 news, 10120921, for BP summary of the proposed rule. See ITT's Online Archives or 03/23/11 news, 11032308, for BP summary of a BIS official's statement that BIS is near a final draft of the final rule, and it is expected to be narrower and include fewer countries than proposed.)