The Bureau of Industry and Security is allowing for another 30 days of public comments on an information collection related to declarations to the Chemical Weapons Convention. BIS previously asked for feedback on the information collection in March (see 2503060007). Each CWC member must make “initial and annual declarations on certain facilities” that produce, import or export certain toxic chemicals and their precursors, and facilities subject to inspection by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons must also submit certain information.
The State Department approved two possible military sales to Turkey, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said May 14.
The U.S. and the United Arab Emirates this week agreed to a new AI partnership framework that will improve their cooperation around critical technologies and “ensure the protection of such technologies based on a set of joint commitments,” the Commerce Department said. The framework will “facilitate deeper technology cooperation” between the two nations, Commerce said, “including the launch of a 1GW AI data center, part of a planned 5GW UAE-US artificial intelligence technology cluster in Abu Dhabi to support regional computation demand.” That effort will meet “robust US security standards and other efforts to responsibly deploy AI infrastructure, both in the UAE and globally.” The two countries will also work on a “more efficient” process for direct investments in the U.S. by UAE investment funds, Commerce said. They plan to create a working group within 30 days to “implement, monitor and assess progress” on the new framework.
The Trump administration said this week that it secured billions of dollars' worth of purchase commitments from Qatar, including a deal for sales of Boeing aircraft and defense systems from other U.S. aerospace and weapons companies.
The State Department approved two possible military sales to the United Arab Emirates, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said May 12.
Vice President JD Vance, at a Q&A with Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to the U.S., said it should be "very, very easy" to talk with officials at the EU about the bloc lowering its regulatory barriers to trade and its approach to U.S. tech giants.
The State Department approved a possible $181 million military sale to the Czech Republic, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said May 5. The sale includes communications equipment and logistics and program support. The principal contractor will be L3Harris Global Communications.
The State Department approved possible military sales -- to Norway, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia -- the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said last week.
The Bureau of Industry and Security recently published the presentation slides from its annual update conference in March. Officials during the conference previewed a spike in export enforcement (see 2503180041 and 2503210030), license requirements (see 2503200043 and 2503180057), due diligence expectations (see 2503240018) and more.
The State Department approved two possible military sales, to India and Kuwait, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said this week.