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Press Release | BIS | June 2, 2022

BRUSSELS, BE – Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves traveled to Brussels, Belgium to continue the Commerce Department’s close coordination with the European Union on the imposition of enhanced export controls on Russia. The Deputy Secretary, joined by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Mark Gitenstein and Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew Axelrod, held dialogues on export control enforcement with Bjoern Seibert, Head of Cabinet for the President of the European Commission, and Director-General for Trade, Sabine Weyand.

Federal Register Notice | External | June 1, 2022

In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add a new section to the EAR to adopt a congressional notification requirement for certain license applications of semiautomatic firearms meeting certain value and destination requirements. This rule does not change the...

Federal Register Notice | External | May 26, 2022

BIS is finalizing changes to License Exception ACE and corresponding changes in the definition section of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in response to public comments to an October 21, 2021 interim rule. That rule established a new control on certain cybersecurity items for National Security (NS) and Anti- terrorism (AT) reasons,...

Press Release | BIS | May 26, 2022

Defendant Allegedly Used Intermediary to Funnel Payments for United States Army Aviation-Related Software Sent to Restricted Beijing University
 

Federal Register Notice | External | May 23, 2022

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Department of Commerce, maintains controls on the export, reexport and transfer (in- country) of dual-use items and less sensitive military items through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), including the Commerce Control List (CCL). This rule proposes new unilateral export controls on four...

Press Release | BIS | May 20, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
issued a rule proposing unilateral controls on exports of four naturally occurring marine toxins,
the synthesis and collection of which BIS has identified for evaluation as pertaining to emerging
and foundational technologies essential to the national security of the United States under
Section 1758 of the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) of 2018. The proposed rule released

Press Release | BIS | May 20, 2022

Updated List Continues Effort to Notify Public that Providing Any Form of Service to These Aircraft is Also a Likely Violation of U.S. Law

Press Release | BIS | May 18, 2022

CHICAGO —A Chicago technology executive has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the Pakistani government.

Press Release | BIS | May 16, 2022

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery

Thank you, Marc, for that kind introduction. Thank you to the Society for International Affairs for hosting me today. And thank you to all of you for tuning in. I’m hopeful that virtual conferences will soon go the way of the 8-track (and, as of last week, the iPod) and we can safely gather in person once again in the near future.

Speech | BIS | May 16, 2022

Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod delivers remarks to the Society for International Affairs 2022 spring virtual advanced conference on export controls & international politics

Monday, May 16, 2022

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