Beginning April 1, Maersk will begin invoicing shippers directly for detention charges instead of charging motor carriers by default, it said in a March 6 client advisory. "This change will support our aim to provide timely and accurate detention invoicing to the correct party," the advisory said.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking public comments on an information collection relating to technology letters of explanation. The letters provide the agency with a description of a technology in a license application, allowing BIS technical staff to "evaluate the impact of licensing the export on United States national security and foreign policy." It also requires the “consignee” to certify that an export involving controlled technical data will not be released to blocked people or entities. Comments are due May 8.
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls will hold a webinar March 21 on the Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS). It will include a refresher on using DECCS, information on commodity jurisdictions, advisory opinions, registration and licensing applications and “an overview of new updates” for the application. The webinar, hosted with the Census Bureau, will also cover “important process updates to Electronic Export Information (EEI) filings through the Automated Export System (AES) when citing United States Munitions List (USML) Category XXI.”
The Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking public comments on an information collection involving voluntary self-disclosures of antiboycott violations. Comments are due May 8.
The Biden administration is “close” to issuing new rules to restrict outbound investments in certain technologies that could help China advance its chip capabilities, The Associated Press reported March 4. The rules will limit American investment in certain “advanced technologies that have national security applications,” the report said, including “next-generation military capabilities.” U.S. officials have confirmed they are working on an outbound investment review mechanism (see 2302140083 and 2301120035), and The Wall Street Journal reported March 3 that the White House is expected to seek additional funding for the new tool in its upcoming budget request, expected to be released this week.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is preparing a mandatory survey for hundreds of U.S. space companies, suppliers and researchers to collect data on supply chains used by the U.S. space industrial base, the agency said this week. The effort -- which is a partnership among BIS, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- will help the agencies “identify the structure and interdependencies” of the space industrial base, especially those that work with NASA or NOAA.
The State Department approved a potential $506 million military sale to Australia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said last week. The sale includes “Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles-Extended Range” and related equipment. The prime U.S. contractor will be Northrop Grumman Information Systems. An earlier version of the sale that listed the wrong prime contractor was removed from the DSCA website Feb. 28 and replaced March 2 with this corrected notice.
DOJ last week announced “significant changes” to how it assesses corporate compliance programs’ approach to communications platforms, which could impact whether the agency offers to resolve an investigation without criminal charges. Under the revised policies, companies that claim to not have access to emails and other electronic information related to a DOJ probe may have to prove to the agency that they can’t access those messages, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite said.
The State Department approved a potential $619 million military sale to Taiwan, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said March 1. The sale includes “F-16 Munitions” and related equipment, and the principal contractors will be Raytheon Missiles and Defense and Lockheed Martin.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the future economic relationship with China has to be navigated in the context of the U.S. needing "a thriving economy that is based on market competition principles. How do we accomplish this, given that the second-largest economy in the world operates on a very, very different system ... and makes its own decisions?"