China, EAR, Export Compliance, Export Controls, Foreign Direct Product Rule, ITAR
It’s common knowledge that China exports heavily to the United States. But lost in the headlines about the prickly relationship between the two countries is how much the U.S. exports to China. While the trade balance remains strongly in China’s favor, the United...
Defense Trade Controls, ITAR
The very last section of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Part 130, establishes rules about political contributions, fees and sales commissions related to defense trade. It’s an odd-duck piece of the ITAR, because it appears to have less to do with...
Arms Brokering, ITAR, License Exemption
If you didn’t know where to look, it could take a long time to stumble across the U.S. rule that limits arms brokering. No such rule even existed until 1996, when Congress amended Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act to require people involved in the brokering of...
EAR, EU, EU Regulations, Export Controls, ITAR, USA Regulations
The United States and the European Union are two of the world’s largest trading partners. In 2021, 15.5% of all U.S. exports (by dollar value) went to EU member countries, while 17.3% of U.S. imports arrived from the EU, according to the U.S. Office of Technology...
EAR, Export Controls, Export License, ITAR, License Exemption, Licensing
Political instability around the world is creating a boom for U.S. arms exports, and it’s putting the spotlight on the important difference between Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The U.S. State Department reports that authorized sales...