The State Department recently approved possible military sales to Finland, Peru, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
The Treasury Department's spring 2025 regulatory agenda for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network includes one new mention of a rule to finalize the agency's beneficial ownership information reporting rule.
The Bureau of Industry and Security again renewed temporary denial orders for three Russian airlines accused of violating U.S. export controls against Russia.
Fifty Republican senators led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, sent a joint letter to British, French and German officials Sept. 16 praising their countries’ recent decision to reimpose U.N. “snapback” sanctions over Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., announced Sept. 17 that he plans to introduce bipartisan legislation to seize about $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and make the funds available to Ukraine to better equip its military.
The Census Bureau emailed tips on how to address the most frequent message generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The State Department this week announced the designations of four Iran-aligned militant groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The groups -- Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and Kata’ib al-Imam Ali -- have aided Iran's military, including by planning attacks on U.S. facilities, the State Department said. "Engaging in certain transactions with them entails risk of secondary sanctions pursuant to counterterrorism authorities," it added.
The European Commission on Sept. 16 proposed suspending certain trade concessions made between the EU and Israel and sanctioning members of Hamas, extremist Israeli ministers and violent settlers. The commission also said it's "putting on hold its bilateral support to Israel," except for certain support to civil society and the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum.
China's Ministry of Commerce is asking for public comments on a revised draft of its administrative measures governing dual-use export licenses, according to an unofficial translation. Comments can be submitted to fg_agj@mofcom.gov.cn by Oct. 16.
The State Department has been approving the vast majority of export license applications involving South Korea, a senior agency official said this week, stressing that the government doesn’t want to be an impediment to defense trade with the close U.S. ally.