Update (April 30, 2025): We understand that James Rockas is no longer with BIS and has moved to a position in the State Department, but Robert Burkett remains at BIS. The second Trump administration ...

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) govern "defense articles and defense services" which are defined as items, information, software (defense articles) and technical assistance ...

The Federal agencies and export control regulations most commonly associated with research activity at academic institutions in the US are listed below. Please note that violations of these export ...

Which U.S. Government Agencies are Responsible for Export Control Compliance? The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is under the purview of the U.S. Department of State. The ITAR ...

Since October 2022, the United States has devoted significant resources to restricting China’s access to artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced semiconductor technologies. In the final months of ...

Sidhardha Kamaraju, Jasmine Juteau, and Aaron Wiltse examine the Disruptive Technology Strike Force’s role in enforcing U.S. export controls. Two-and-a-half years ago, agencies from across the Justice ...

Taiwan’s June 10 entity list update is no mere technical fine-tuning – it marks a shift in both regulatory burden-sharing and further security alignment with the U.S. Taiwan just tightened its grip on ...

Analysis Few of us would have imagined that national security would play such a key role in AI hardware, even dictating its development, but here we are – in a new era of export controls.… Trade ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN) today announced the appointment of James Needham as a Senior Managing Director in the Export Controls, Sanctions & Trade ...

The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls.

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