Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, on Oct. 28 called for designating Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Foreign Terrorist Organization, following the mass killing of civilians during the militia’s takeover of the city of El Fasher.
More than 50 congressional Democrats, including Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., urged the Trump administration Oct. 27 to reverse its recent decision to roll back a Biden-era interim final rule that increased restrictions on firearms exports.
Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., introduced a bill Oct. 27 that calls for imposing sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act against Chinese officials who violate religious freedom.
CBP this week again reminded industry about an upcoming deadline to continue submitting certain documents through the Document Imaging System as it tries to push operators to participate in its Electronic Export Manifest pilot (see 2509260020). DIS will continue accepting submissions of “Form 1302A Cargo Declaration -- Outbound With Commercial Form” until Dec. 1, CBP said, along with supplemental Form CBP 168 or any associated documents that make up the outbound cargo manifest. The deadline previously was Oct. 1, after multiple prior extensions (see 2403180066).
The Council of the European Union on Oct. 27 renewed its sanctions regime against ISIL/Da'esh and al-Qaeda for another year to Oct. 31, 2026. The sanctions currently apply to 15 people and seven entities.
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The U.S. and Japan this week agreed to improve “technology protection” measures and enforcement coordination as part of a new Technology Prosperity Deal. Japan also agreed to pursue new sanctions against the Russian shadow fleet, strengthen foreign investment reviews and commit to work with the U.S. to strengthen critical minerals supply chains.
It seems unlikely that the Bureau of Industry and Security could withdraw its new 50% rule either due to industry pushback or as part of trade negotiations with China, said Matt Axelrod, the former BIS export enforcement chief.
Blake Hulnick left his role as an attorney adviser with the Office of Foreign Assets Control to rejoin Covington, where he will advise on economic sanctions, export controls and other national security-related enforcement topics. Hulnick had worked at OFAC since July 2023.
Aaron Amundson, a former longtime official with the Bureau of Industry and Security, has joined Latham & Watkins' economic sanctions and export controls practice, the law firm announced Oct. 27. Amundson spent nearly two decades with BIS, including most recently as acting director of the Office of National Security Controls and director of the Information Technology Controls Division.