A Pennsylvania coal miner formerly controlled by Texas buyout firm Quintana Capital has been given a pass on prosecution for FCPA violations involving $143 million in coal sales to Egypt in exchange for a $1.2 million payment to the Department of Justice Fraud Division.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published a Frequently Asked Questions document related to the upcoming UFLPA Region Alert and Postal Code Requirements that will go into effect on March 18, 2023.

The Treasury Department  is designating a network of five companies and one individual for supporting Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) procurement efforts.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders are proposing the creation of a permanent US mission for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to help counter China’s influence in the region.

Washington and Ottawa are applying pressure on Mexico to permit broader geneticaly modified seed sales, as well as to encourage the liberalization of Mexican energy markets.

The White House immediately endorsed a bipartisan Senate bill introduced Thusday to prevent national security risks posed by technology services from companies like China’s TikTok, which is increasingly being banned from government smartphones.

Following through on their commitment to “work collectively on further measures on Russian diamonds,” made after last month’s G-7 Summit, US and European Commission officials met …

Two leading senators are calling on the Administration to press the European Union on the discriminatory aspects of EU digital regulations that they say target a handful of US companies.

President Biden’s $6.9 trillion fiscal year 2024 budget request puts an emphasis throughout on out-competing China by increasing investments in domestic manufacturing and infrastructure, while maintaining a strong US presence in the Asia Pacific.

“China is the United States’ only competitor with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it,” according to the President’s introduction to his budget.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that establishes international standards for anti-money laundering, suspended Russia from its ranks, citing the Russian Federation’s "actions unacceptably run counter to the FATF core principles aiming to promote security, safety, and the integrity of the global financial system.” The FATF also issued long-awaited guidance for members to implement its Recommendation 24, requiring countries to ensure that competent authorities have access to adequate, accurate and up-to-date information on the true owners of companies.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence  released the 2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The report highlights the vulnerabilities of supply chains and cyber infrastructure to adversaries, as well as some under appreciated environmental, demographic and domestic political threats.

Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew S. Axelrod  reviewed his team's initiatives in the Research Community in a March 8th speech to the Academic Security and Counter Exploitation Program’s Seventh Annual Seminar. 

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against and a settlement with global mining and metals company, Rio Tinto plc, for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of a …

February month saw the 118th Congress find their new offices, stand up their new committees, and raise a chorus from both sides of the aisle for more participation in trade policy.  

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul released his interpretation of data on licensing outcomes from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) …

Elizabeth Rosenberg, the assistant Treasury secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, added to the drumbeat of criticism of sanction dodging regimes, telling a meeting of Women in International Trade that the UAE was a “country of focus” for the US.

Swedish Telecoms giant and serial FCPA violator LM Ericsson signed a new deal with the Justice Department acknowleging further breaches of the deferred prosecution agreement it entered into for corruption in Djibouti, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kuwait.    

Justice announced the arrest of the principals of a Kansas avionics distributor for  the export of  aviation technology from the United States to Russia and Russian end users.

The Bureau of Industry and Security added 37 entities under 38 entries to the Entity List March 2nd, including 28 Chinese firms.

Reuters news service reported that the United States is sounding out close allies about the possibility of imposing new sanctions on China if Beijing provides military support to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to four U.S. officials and other sources.