GovCon & Trade

MARCH 13, 2024

You are reading the February 2024 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. Also, a UK citizen was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to export U.S.-origin

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GovCon & Trade

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

You are reading the August 2023 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. person” in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

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Government Contracts Navigator

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Burrows ● Effective December 4, 2023, a new interim rule will prohibit contractors from delivering or using covered articles and sources subject to exclusion or removal orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 (“FASCSA”).

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The reasons behind this decision are sanctions and the now infamous Article 248.1 Background By way of background, Uniper and Metha entered into a series of long-term gas supply contracts with the Russian state-owned company Gazprom Export (“Gazprom”). Gazprom invoked Articles 248.1 Gazprom invoked Articles 248.1

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Spend Network

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In our previous article, " Export Strategy: Harnessing Government Procurement Data ", we explored how government procurement data can seamlessly integrate into export strategy. As advocates for their respective industries, trade associations are uniquely positioned to guide business growth opportunities.

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In conducting research for this article, I found many definitions of ‘Ethics’. They worked very hard to ensure the export documentation for all the products was correct including the stuffing in the crate and the crate itself. All products were correctly classified through the customs HS classification system for export.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 21, 2024

In April 2024, a law passed by the Investment Authority opened the import, wholesale, retail and export (of raw coffee, khat, oilseeds, pulses, hides and skins, forest products, poultry and livestock bought from the local market) sectors to foreign investments.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 5, 2024

After loading the data in the Neptune graph database, the data must be exported from the Neptune cluster to a customer-owned Amazon S3 bucket, chosen at export time. Once graph data is exported, Neptune ML makes it easy to train the ML model and deploy it to an Amazon SageMaker endpoint.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This interim final rule is near and dear to my heart as someone who’s tracked export controls, and specifically, more recently, the AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership very closely. There’s a process for creating the opportunity for re-exports and retransfers, etc.

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GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

BIS, which is part of the Commerce Department, oversees export controls and treaty compliance around sensitive advanced technologies. Many employees — for example, those who work in export administration — spend most of their time on laptops at their desks. A small bureau in a massive agency, BIS does not have a robust IT budget.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In order to use Neptune ML, the graph data is exported back to Amazon S3 using the Neptune-Export service. Export graph data to Amazon S3 for use with Neptune ML Training a GNN using Neptune ML requires that training data is provided and formatted such that it can be used by the Deep Graph Library.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 23, 2024

For capital-exporting economies, it offers a means to ease some of developing countries’ concerns about ISDS – and in this way, to shore up a dispute settlement system the perceived legitimacy of which is under growing pressure. Its mandate involves two pillars, reflected in Articles 6 and 7 of the draft statute.

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to the new guidelines, Annex 24 must allow online access to the customs authorities in order for the authority to corroborate compliance with inventory control of goods imported temporarily, as stated in the applicable legal provisions, as well as to verify the correct return abroad (export) of said goods.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In stark contrast to fast-moving sanctions and export controls, we rarely see updates to the antiboycott regulations or enforcement strategies. There are large overlaps (with some significant differences) between compliance with these sets of regulations, but for purposes of this article, we focus on BIS antiboycott compliance.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Step One: Prepare the document by extracting or exporting data from relevant backend systems. This article is an excerpt from GovLoop’s virtual summit e-book, “ Forget About Transformation & Get Stuff Done.”. “To transform is to provide access to these mission-critical workflows from anywhere.”. Download the e-book. Favorite.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

supporting documents) from the exporter. supporting documents) from the exporter. The amendments would be especially impactful for multinational enterprises, but they would also have repercussions for local entities that import or export goods into South Africa.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Petersburg refused to comply with the requests for service to Gazprom Export from Luxembourg , German , French , and Polish authorities each time offering vague reasoning, such as the “absence of notice of the proceeding abroad to the Russian party” or “non-friendly nature of the actions of the foreign state.”

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

View the full article DoD first published the 1260H List in 2021 with 47 entities and updated it to include 13 more entities in 2022. DoD did not issue an updated 1260H List in 2023. This most recent 1260H List update added 16 entities, including subsidiaries.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Due to a lack of recycling infrastructure, many countries deal with e-waste by exporting large amounts to developing regions that lack proper waste management systems and regulations. Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Sept. 2024 issue of Government Procurement.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In addition, the bill would require CBP to collect a range of additional information on shipments that are subject to the de minimis exemption, including the classification of goods, country of origin of the article, and country from which the article is shipped. De Minimis Reciprocity Act of 2023 ( S.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

classification category relating to any anticipatory disclosure policy for Australia and the United Kingdom; and (5) whether regulatory changes to exemptions under the Arms Export Control Act are likely or necessary within the next year. View the full article

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 1, 2024

Economic sanctions also include a “no Russia” clause, which prohibits the import and export of certain Russian goods. Article 2 of Regulation 269 deals with the freezing of assets, and this article also raises concerns in arbitration, such as advances on costs, funds remaining at the end of the arbitration, but also damages awarded.

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Import and Trade Remedies

AUGUST 30, 2023

For example, the submission proposes that the current prohibition under Article 3(1)(b) of the SCM Agreement against conditioning access to subsidies on the satisfaction of local content requirements should not apply to developing country Members, provided that the use of domestic goods does not exceed a threshold to be agreed by Members.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Her remarks proved all the more relevant, in light of the historical decision recently adopted at the COP29 on standards for the creation of carbon credits under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 7, 2024

For example, if sanctions or export controls hinder the performance of a contract, the tribunal must decide whether non-performance is justified. Substantive Challenges The responsibility to enforce sanctions lies with the criminal authorities in the relevant jurisdictions.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

Chongqing SENCI Import & Export Trade Co., April 13, 2023) , an en banc panel of all judges on the Eleventh Circuit (which includes Miami, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia) held that Section 10 of the FAA provides the exclusive grounds for vacatur of an arbitral award, rather than Article V of the New York Convention. 21-724, (2d Cir.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 2, 2024

As of the writing of this article, eleven comments already have been submitted (mere days after publication of the Proposed Rule). Notably, while there is no general prohibition of foreign dissemination of CUI, contractors should be mindful of export restrictions. Comments can be submitted here.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 2, 2024

To get your free subscription to the ITA Arbitration Report, click here. The ITA Board of Reporters have reported on the following court decisions. Qidong Adi Tools Manufacturing Co. Société Norsolor, Court of Cassation of France, First Civil Law Chamber, Arrêt No. 730, Pourvoi No.

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GovCon & Trade

AUGUST 28, 2023

For instance: “Iron or steel products” means “articles, materials, or supplies that consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both.” In addition, “[m]inor additions of articles, materials, supplies, or binding agents to a construction material do not change the characterization of the construction material.”

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

You are reading the October 2023 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. First, three individuals were indicted for facilitating the export of controlled U.S.-origin Let’s jump in!

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Article 34.7 Additionally, the United States has initiated consultations under Chapter 31 of the USMCA on Canada’s newly proposed digital services tax (DST) alleging breaches of Canada’s national treatment commitments under Article 15.3.1 Chapter 15 – Cross-Border Trade in Services) and Articles 14.4.1

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WIFCON: Government Contracts

AUGUST 28, 2024

Epstein, Jacob Marco View the full article Friedman, Antonia I. Tzinova, Andrew K. McAllister, Ronald A. Oleynik, Jonathan M.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

export controls targeting the provision of advanced semiconductors to China and additional countries that pose a risk of diversion to China, as well as the U.S. View the full article IaaS providers could face a competitive disadvantage, as U.S. allies have not yet announced similar foreign customer identification requirements.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 16, 2024

2020Na62481, 02 November 2021 Hyunyang Koo and Minjae Yoo, Lee & Ko, ITA Reporters for South Korea Under Article 168(1) and 170 of the Korean Civil Code, a claim raised in judicial proceedings has the effect of interrupting statute of limitation. République du Congo v. District Court of Incheon, Decision No.

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Inside Government Contracts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Petroleum Products : Both bills would prohibit the export or sale of petroleum products drawn from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the PRC Government, the CCP, or any entity owned, controlled, or influenced by either (House Section 1867, Senate Section 3143).

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 25, 2024

This article provides an overview of Mongolia’s international investment climate and explores recent developments. Unless and until Mongolia embraces a stable business environment that transparently creates and predictably implements laws and regulations, investors will likely find Mongolia too risky and opt for more competitive countries.

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 22, 2024

Lire cet article en Français Introduction This post addresses eight common misconceptions about cloud computing held by Canadian public sector organizations. AWS provides freedom with its pay-as-you-go model, allowing customers to shut down environments, export data and workloads, and walk away without future expenses.

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