The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls this week released its notifications to Congress of recently proposed export licenses. The notifications, which cover licenses submitted from October through December, include exports to Germany, the Netherlands, India, Denmark, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is suspending and revoking existing export licenses for a range of items destined to China, including chip-related design software and civil aviation items, two people familiar with the matter said.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is aiming to roll back a Biden-era interim final rule that increased restrictions on firearms exports, two people familiar with the matter said.
Adam Small, a former trial lawyer in DOJ's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section who prosecuted export control and sanctions cases, is joining GE Aerospace as senior counsel, he announced on LinkedIn. Small left DOJ this month after first joining in 2011.
Matthew Olsen, who led DOJ’s National Security Division during the Biden administration, has joined WilmerHale as co-chair of the law firm's defense, national security and government contracts practice, he announced on LinkedIn. Olsen will advise on export controls, sanctions, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., government investigations, congressional oversight and more.
Malawi formally accepted the World Trade Organization Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on May 28, bringing the number of countries that have accepted the deal to 100. The WTO needs 11 more countries to accept to get to two-thirds of the membership, the threshold for the agreement to take effect.
The World Trade Organization released the agenda for the June 5 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. The meeting is held to exclusively consider Canada's request for a dispute panel in its case against Chinese import duties on certain agricultural and fishery products from Canada.
The EU and the United Arab Emirates formally launched negotiations on a free trade agreement, the European Commission announced this week. Their first meeting, set to begin as early as next month, will center on "reducing tariffs on goods and facilitating services, digital trade and investment flows," the commission said. The negotiations also will look into ways to boost trade in strategic sectors. The UAE is the EU's 19th-largest trading partner in goods.
The EU on May 28 imposed antidumping duties ranging from 13% to 62% on tinplate from China, the Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security announced. Provisional duties had been imposed Jan. 14 after the EU said Chinese tinplate imports were harming the domestic industry.
The Bureau of Industry and Security will decommission the legacy self-management software for SNAP-R, the agency’s export application submission system, on June 30, BIS said in a notice on the homepage of its website. The agency is asking users to "please migrate your account(s) to the updated SNAP-R application before then to ensure continued access to the SNAP-R system. Each individual is required to migrate their account." BIS also published step-by-step migration instructions and said questions should be directed to SNAPR@bis.doc.gov.