Ian Cohen

Covering trade & sanctions for @intltradetoday. @TheAlligator alum. Tips: [email protected]

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

As companies scramble to keep up with the near-constant stream of Russia sanctions, US sanctions agencies are also feeling pressure. Some OFAC employees are working 20-hour days: https://t.co/ALsSST5eLc

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

Companies are increasingly grappling with whether to exit the Russian market or rely on sanctions screening and carve-outs to keep their operations afloat. “These sanctions aren't going away. They are going to stay and they're only going to grow.”
https://t.co/5Cbf3ZZs4H

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

Plus, the Biden admin says to look out for more export controls: “The entity listings, I think, you are going to continue to see. We certainly expect that we will continue to be using these tools in a robust fashion.”

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

The U.S. expects its upcoming sanctions and export controls against Russia, if imposed, to be very closely aligned with the EU and include a potential wind-down period: https://t.co/aGR6qbwoHJ

[Emily Cochrane @ESCochrane]

wrote about the complicated question of how to permanently acknowledge January 6 in a building that is part museum, part workplace, and some of the small gestures that have been made since https://t.co/TvFFcVSY1e

[The Alligator @TheAlligator]

Former #Gators women’s basketball coach Cam Newbauer is accused of making racist remarks, throwing basketballs at players, and verbally abusing the team.

“He broke my child…And she didn’t want me to say anything because she thought it would get worse.”

https://t.co/VRIBF7eUtF

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

@ESCochrane

[Emily Cochrane @ESCochrane]

"Before Jan. 6, the Capitol seemed almost impenetrable, its pristine dome the physical embodiment of a secure and stable democracy. For many, it is now tinged with an unshakable sense of hypervigilance, trauma, anger and sadness."

five months later:

https://t.co/DcCegetoaX

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

Full notice of hearing just published: https://t.co/L1xRDjWZfY

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

News: Alan Estevez, Biden’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, will appear before the Senate on Sept. 21 for his nomination hearing.

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

Also scheduled that day is Thea Kendler, nominee for assistant secretary for export administration

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

The head of BIS fielded a range of criticism from a congressional commission yesterday on its export control effort for emerging/foundational technologies: https://t.co/coYYUnodqA

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

On CFIUS and emerging tech controls, how BIS may or may not be impacting foreign investment reviews, and CFIUS’ excepted state provision: https://t.co/iETsf5zMQz

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

He said sanctions should be “as effective and targeted as possible” while “mitigating unintended consequences.”

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

Brian Nelson, Biden’s nominee to lead Treasury’s Terrorism and Financial Intelligence unit, is telling a Senate committee now one of his first priorities will be Treasury's ongoing sanctions review.

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

New: The Commerce Department is working with a small Texas police agency to seize illegal exports, an unorthodox relationship that may present conflicts of interest. “I never saw anything like this in my 20-year career.” https://t.co/TQBmbvhW0S

[Jonathan Make @makejdm]

International trade and technology controls regime may not be able to meet for a second year due to #COVID-19, @CommerceGov official says. My @ExportDaily colleague has this morning‘s report: https://t.co/CPPqr8Hye4 1/2.

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

A number of trade & tech policy decisions await Biden's pick to lead Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. Meanwhile, Congress is deciding whether to intervene in BIS's emerging/foundational tech control process: https://t.co/wAxHCZgzQO

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

Commerce's new export controls on foreign military intelligence end-users have been placed on hold. The Biden admin is deciding whether to go forward with the restrictions, which were introduced under Trump: https://t.co/tpTzxEFNjs

[Ian Cohen @icohenb]

@ESCochrane @alexisnnunes and I will not stand for anything less than a proper contrib line in the nytimes thx