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On 22nd May, 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department announced that it is to add ‘Two Dozen Chinese Companies with Ties to WMD and Military Activities to the Entity List’. See...

On 27th April, 2020 the U.S. Department of Commerce announced new export controls aimed at preventing entities in China, Russia, and Venezuela from obtaining U.S. technology that could be used...

As a member of the European Union’s Single Market and Customs Union, the UK was previously able to trade tariff-free with EU member states, and without the need for customs...

United States (US) export control law imposes licensing requirements on items (including goods, software and technology) controlled by the US Export Administration Regulation (‘subject to the EAR’). Items are ‘subject...

An export licence is needed for any transfer of military controlled technology to anyone outside the UK. An export licence is needed for any transfer of Annex 1 dual-use controlled...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added to the Entity List 11 Chinese companies alleged to have committed human rights violations and abuses against...

The UK has secured a free trade agreement with Japan, which is the UK’s first major trade deal as an independent trading nation and will increase trade with Japan by...

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On 15th June 2021, the European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai reached an understanding relating to large civil aircraft, thereby suspending retaliatory harmful tariffs...

Where an exporter discovers that they have exported goods or transferred controlled technology without the required export licence, then they should seek legal advice and strongly consider making a voluntary...

On 31st January 2022 the UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced new legislation in Parliament to extend the UK’s sanctions regime in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Russia has...

On 28th February, 2022, the Bank of England, announced the UK Government’s intention to take further restrictive economic measures in response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia by targeting...

Sanctions are restrictive measures imposed by governments on target countries, regimes, organisations and individuals. They are used for reasons of foreign policy and national security, prevention of terrorism, maintaining international...

There are several reasons why governments aim to control the export of goods, software and technology. These reasons include the development of weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons in...

Dual-use goods are items which can be used both for military and civil purposes. This extends to goods used for the manufacture of nuclear weapons that can also be used...

In the UK, financial sanctions are restrictions put on designated persons, financial services and investments. These can be anything from freezing a person’s financial assets to specific investment ban targets....

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End-use controls apply to items (goods, technology, or software), which are not listed in the military or dual-use control lists, so items which would not normally require an export licence...