What are Export Control Classification Numbers?
An essential step in export compliance is determining whether a license is required from the Department of Commerce to export a commodity. This is done by ascertaining whether the item has a specific Export Control Classification Number (ECCN). Export Control...What is the Denied Party Screening Process?
The denied party screening process is a general term for the due diligence review of a business’s internal lists to ensure that transactions are not being conducted with entities included on a sanctioned list, watch list, concern list and more as well as countries...2018 Highlights: Designations & Sanctions Overview
2018 has already been active for U.S.-based sanctions and Denied Party Screening (DPS) with changes coming at an increasingly rapid pace. So far this year, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) acted on a number of items...What Is A Free Trade Agreement?
Free Trade Agreements (FTA) are negotiated agreements between two or more countries whereby each cooperate and agree on certain obligations that affect trade in goods and services. These trade agreements will generally present in two forms: bilateral and multilateral...
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