Amber Road had a blast attending the Massachusetts Export Center's Export Expo last week in Boston! Several panels discussed hot topics in export compliance, global trade credit risk, export control reform, and more.

The owner of two New Jersey defense contracting businesses was arraigned this week for allegedly transmitting military blueprints to India without a license, a major violation of U.S. export laws.

Amber Road would like to thank all of those who attended Export Control Reform Update: Preparing for Transition, which was hosted by American Shipper on Tuesday, April 23. We had an amazing turn out, and the attendees asked some great questions. Unfortunately, we ran out of time and were unable to answer all of them. The presenters were kind enough to provide us with written responses to those questions. Here is a sneak peak:

Despite President Obama’s pledge to double exports, the U.S. Government continues to vigorously enforce export controls and has expanded trade embargo restrictions and sanctions. Accordingly, businesses pursuing export opportunities must be focused on compliance.

On November 30, 2012, the United States’ Senate passed the Menendez amendment (SA 3232) adding stronger Iran sanctions to the National Defense Authorization Act. Key features of the amendment, drafted by Senators Robert Menendez, Mark Kirk, and Joe Lieberman, according to Robert Menendez’ website, are that it:

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has recently proposed a new rule regarding the control of military electronic equipment and related items. The rule mandates that the President will no longer determine warrant control under the United States Munitions List (USML), but rather on the Commerce Control List (CCL). This rule is being proposed along with another from the Department of State‘s Directorate of Defense Controls, which would amend the list of articles controlled by USML Category XI.