Nature’s Sunshine Products, a dietary supplement manufacturer headquartered in Utah, said it recently submitted final voluntary disclosures related to possible violations of U.S. sanctions and export controls.
Emily Weinstein, senior policy adviser at the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, said Nov. 14 she’s leaving the agency. “Unbeknownst to me, today was my last day” at BIS, she wrote on LinkedIn. "I am deeply saddened to be leaving the amazing BIS team behind, but am looking forward to seeing what comes next."
Exporters should continue preparing to adhere to the Bureau of Industry and Security’s new Affiliates Rule, even though the Trump administration recently suspended it for a year, two compliance experts said Nov. 13 during a webinar hosted by the American Association of Exporters and Importers.
Although the U.S. has had “limited success” in coordinating foreign investment screening with the EU, partly due to a lack of consensus among the bloc’s member states, recent developments suggest that the U.S. should try again, the Atlantic Council said in a new report on China policy.
The Bureau of Industry and Security again renewed a temporary denial order on Russia's Rossiya Airlines, saying the company has continued to illegally operate planes in violation of U.S. export controls, including on flights between Russia and Uzebekistan and Russia and Egypt, as well as domestically within Russia. The agency renewed the denial order for one year from Nov. 4. BIS first suspended the export privileges of the airline in May 2022 (see 2205200008) and has renewed the order multiple times. The order blocks Rossiya from participating in transactions subject to the Export Administration Regulations.
Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, which oversees the Bureau of Industry and Security, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., ranking member of the House Select Committee on China, introduced a bill Nov. 7 that would prohibit the executive branch from charging fees for export licenses.
The Bureau of Industry and Security released a notice Nov. 10 officially suspending its Affiliates Rule for one year, as expected (see 2510310020). The stay of the rule, which applied Entity List prohibitions to unlisted entities owned at least 50% by companies on the Entity List, takes effect immediately.
The Bureau of Industry and Security released a final rule Nov. 10 removing Chinese affiliates of Arrow Electronics from the Entity List, effective immediately.
The Bureau of Industry and Security released a notice Nov. 10 officially suspending its Affiliates Rule for one year, beginning immediately. The stay of the rule, which applies Entity List prohibitions to unlisted entities owned at least 50% by companies on the Entity List, will run through Nov. 9, 2026, as expected.
The Defense Department will transfer oversight of its defense export functions from its policy head to its acquisition chief as part of a broader bureaucracy streamlining effort, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Nov. 7.