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This site is maintained by staff of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies to share insights into trade compliance topics. It includes:

  • CNS research on export controls
  • Introductory series on export controls, proliferation finance, and other topics
  • Sectoral guidance on export controls in an era of strategic competition

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US Advisory on Russian Sanctions Evasion

Compliance guidance

The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), and the Department of Justice have issued a joint compliance note on the use of third-party intermediaries or transshipment points to evade Russian and Belarusian-related sanctions and export controls. The note highlights the most common tactics used to evade these controls and provides guidance to companies on how to maintain an effective, risk-based sanctions and export compliance program.

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  • Office of Foreign Asset Control
  • Department of Justice
  • Sanctions
  • Export Controls
  • Russia
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Export Controls in an Era of Strategic Competition: Implications for the Existing Landscape and the Need for a New Multilateral Trade Review Regime

STR article

The following is an excerpt from the article, available in full at the Strategic Trade Review.

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  • Export Controls
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Addressing Gaps in US Export Controls Related to China

China hypersonic Wind Tunnel

The Washington Post today published an investigation showing that US-origin software is central to China’s hypersonic missile development. This is part of a broader trend in which US originated technology, including semiconductors, have been exported to key strategic end uses in China.

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  • China
  • Hypersonics
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New BIS Rules on Semiconductor Transactions 

Earlier today the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced an interim final rule to be fully released on October 13th. The rule will amend the EAR for controls on “controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs), computer commodities that contain such ICs, and certain semiconductor manufacturing items” as it relates to China. This is paired with a renewed emphasis on controls targeting supercomputer and semiconductor manufacturing end uses.

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  • Semiconductor
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New CNS DC Website Focused on Trade Compliance and Guidance for Emerging Technology Sectors

CNS DC

CNS’s office in Washington, DC today launched a website focused on export control compliance topics. CNS in DC is undertaking research into export controls for emerging technology controls, particularly in the context of strategic competition. As part of that research, the DC office has developed guidance for several emerging technology sectors on how best to ensure compliance with export controls and nonproliferation aims more broadly. A central purpose of the website therefore is to distill the sectoral guidance generated as a result of this research.

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