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
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
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.”
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
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
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
"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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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