On October 17, 2024, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released three rules—one Final Rule, one Interim Final Rule, and one Proposed Rule—to reduce controls on a variety of less sensitive space-related items, thereby ensuring the U.S. space industrial base remains globally competitive while also bolstering the U.S. international space partnerships. Concurrently
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State Department Largely Adopts Proposed Rule Extending License Exemptions for Australia and the United Kingdom into an Interim Final Rule
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On August 20, 2024, the State Department published an Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to add a license exemption regime for exports, reexports, transfers, and temporary imports of defense articles and defense services to and between Australia and the United Kingdom. The Interim Final Rule…
DDTC Adds Two Activities to its List of “Activities That Are Not Exports, Reexports, Retransfers, or Temporary Imports”
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On August 15, 2024, the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published a final rule adding two activities to the definition of “activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers, or temporary imports” in § 120.54 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The final rule, which goes into effect September 16…
Further AUKUS Progress: State Publishes Proposed Rule for License Exemptions for Australia and the United Kingdom
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On May 1, 2024, the State Department published a proposed rule to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and establish an exemption to the licensing requirement for exports, reexports, transfers, or temporary import of defense articles to or within Australia and the United Kingdom. This proposed rule is intended to promote the goals…