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Ben Perkins
Ben Perkins, Assistant Editor, is a reporter with International Trade Today and its sister publications, Trade Law Daily and Export Compliance Daily, where he covers sanctions, court rulings, and other international trade issues. He previously worked as a trade analyst for a Washington D.C. advisory firm. Ben holds a B.A. in English from the University of New Hampshire and an M.A. in International Relations from American University. Ben joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2022.
Pratt & Whitney Component Solutions has settled with the Bureau of Industry and Security and will pay $48,750 to resolve violations of the agency’s antiboycott regulations, according to a Sept. 6 order. BIS said that the settlement stemmed from Pratt & Whitney's failure to timely report multiple requests to engage in restrictive trade practices and furtherance of an unsanctioned foreign boycott.
Export Compliance Daily is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case you missed them. You can find any article by searching for the title or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
The U.S. government must take a host of actions to slow down Chinese "techno-economic dominance," including preventing Chinese firms from being listed on U.S. stock markets and limiting investment into China, Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, said in an Aug. 28 post.
Export Compliance Daily is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case you missed them. You can find any article by searching for the title or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
Export Compliance Daily is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case you missed them. You can find any article by searching for the title or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
Export Compliance Daily is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case you missed them. You can find any article by searching for the title or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a case against a United Arab Emirates cigarette filter and tear tape manufacturer following a more than $660,000 settlement agreement with the government for violating U.S. sanctions against North Korea . Essentra FZE Company Limited exported cigarette filter rods to North Korea and did not voluntarily disclose the violations, which the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said constituted an egregious case (U.S. v. Essentra FZE Company, Dist. D.C. # 20-112).
Export Compliance Daily is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case you missed them. You can find any article by searching for the title or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
The U.S. and Mexican governments have reportedly made progress toward better aligning their Authorized Economic Operation programs, according to a "mid-year review" fact sheet on the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue, released April 19. In the last six months, CBP provided training for the Mexican AEO team and in February, the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism and AEO Mexico representatives worked together to modify the Minimum-Security Criteria requirements for Mexico’s AEO program, which Mexico anticipates will be published in April after its legal review and approval by the Mexican Secretariat for Home Affairs, the fact sheet said.