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October 24-28, 2005: U.S.-Malaysia Industry-Government Outreach Forum (26-27th) and attendance to the annual Update Conference (24-25th). Focus on the forum was on the cooperative relationship on export controls between industry and government.
October 2-5, 2005: U.S.-Malaysia Executive Exchange I, Kuala Lumpur . The exchange was designed to obtain a political commitment from the Government of Malaysia in developing an export control system that meets international standards.
July 11-15, 2005: U.S.-Panama Legal Technical Forum, Washington , D.C. Workshop continued OIP efforts to address the deficiencies in Panama ’s legal structure.
June 2005: BIS Outreach Seminar , Singapore .BIS staff addressed efforts to demonstrate the need to inform a wide range audience of the methods needed in convening export control matters to the general public and obligation to adhere to Singapore ’s export control legislation.
May 17-20, 2005: U.S.-Thailand Legal Technical Forum, Bangkok . This exchange was designed for senior level export control officials and provided an overview of all sections of the EAR and Arms Export Control Act.
May 17-18, 2005: U.S.-Hong Kong Tenth Annual Bilateral Meeting on Transshipment Cooperation in Asia . The meeting addressed proliferation and transshipment risks in Asia and efforts to reduce these risks.
May 10, 2005: BIS conducted an U.S.-Singapore Briefing on Export Controls in Washington , D.C. to better coordinate nonproliferation efforts. Several implementation proposals were made to achieve this goal. Discussions were also made on the theoretical basis of dual use controls, the export licensing process, the role of investigations and international export enforcement cooperation, and government outreach programs to industry.
April 24-26, 2005: BIS conducted a National Control list Workshop for the United Arab Emirates in Washington , D.C. The workshop provided an overview of the basic elements of European Union numbering system for dual-use goods.
FY 2004 saw Sentinel Visits to the following TECI countries: Hong Kong , Malaysia , Panama , Singapore and Taiwan.
December 9, 2004: OIP, OCC, and Department of State participated in the trade security aspects of the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement with Panamanian government officials.
December 1, 2004: Product Identification Tool Development Workshop, Nicosia , Cyprus.
October 12, 2004: Discussions on Secure Trade Aspects of the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement, Panama City . U.S. proposals on the text to the FTA were again discussed.
October 9-12, 2004: Legal Technical Forum Abu Dhabi , October 9-12, 2004.
September 8, 2004: BIS hosted a Senior Policy Exchange with Singapore in Washington , D.C. This workshop focused on the four major elements of an effective export control system: Legal, Licensing, Enforcement, and Industry-Government Relations.
July 14-16, 2004: BIS engaged Panamanian authorities in an U.S.-Panama Legal Forum in Panama City . The object of the meeting was to review the Panamanian legal authorities and make an assessment on the gaps that exist in Panama ’s legal structure.
May 13-14, 2004: Under Secretary Kenneth Juster opened the ninth session of the U.S.-Hong Kong bilateral consultations on export controls, as part of a trip that also included stops in Beijing, Tokyo, and Islamabad. Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Peter Lichtenbaum led the U.S. delegation for the consultations.
May 11-14, 2004: 
BIS
participated in the Global Transshipment Control Conference in Valletta, Malta.
The conference, under aegis of the State Department’s Export Control
and Related Security Assistance (EXBS) program and co-sponsored by the United
States and Malta, held workshops on the development of a broad legal basis
to control strategic items and enhancement of enforcement capabilities. The
two workshops complemented on-going bilateral with transshipment countries.
The Malta Global Conference is the fifth in the series of transshipment conferences
co-hosted by the United States. Previous transshipment conferences were held
during July 2003 in Sydney, Australia, December 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand,
May 2002 in Barcelona, Spain, and November 2000 in San Diego, California.
April, 2004: BIS places Mark Bayuk in Hong Kong as the Export Control Attaché.
April 15, 2004: Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Julie Myers addressed the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association (CBFA) and spoke on BIS’s recently issued penalty guidance, transshipment issues, and liability issues as they apply to freight forwarders and shippers.
April 24-27, 2004: BIS hosted the U.S.-UAE National Control List Workshop I in Dubai, UAE. This workshop focused on the use of Control Lists in export control licensing and was part of the on-going series of bi-lateral cooperative exchanges under aegis of the State Department’s Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) program.
March 1-3, 2004: Under Secretary Kenneth Juster leads an interagency delegation of officials from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the State Department to the UAE to engage in discussions concerning export controls and strategic trade.
March 14, 2004: Under Secretary Kenneth Juster discussed export control issues with the Ambassador of the UAE to the U.S. in Washington, D.C.
February 20, 2004: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Matthew Borman and other BIS staff met at the American Institute in Taiwan in Rosslyn, Virginia, with Director General Chih-peng Huang and other officials from the Bureau of Foreign Trade of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs to discuss dual-use export controls.
February 24, 2004: BIS hosted its portion of the State Department’s Senior Policy Exchange on Export Control Procedures with the Royal Thai Government in Washington, D.C. This activity will launch a cooperative program of expert-level bi-lateral exchanges to help Thailand bring its export control system to international standards.
January, 2004: BIS provided materials for a draft export control legal framework to Panama and the UAE.
January, 2004: BIS posts the finalized guidance on Best Practices for Exporters/Re-Exporters and Trade Facilitation/ Freight Forwarding Companies Regarding the Transit, Transshipment, and Reexport of Dual-Use Items on the Transshipment Country Export Control Initiative (TECI) website. The finalized Best Practices reflect comments received from industry in response to the Federal Register Notice Request For Comments published on May 16, 2003.
December 8-10, 2003:
December 2003: BIS organized a "U.S.-United Arab Emirates Legal Technical Fourm" in Abu Dhabi under the aegis of the State Department's Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) program. The forum stressed the importance of the U.A.E.'s role in the region in controlling the transshipment of sensitive items into the international trade system, and encouraged the U.A.E. to strengthen its alignment with international standards, and provided an opportunity to assess current U.A.E. legal authorities for adequacy as an effective export system, and assisted in creating an awareness of the authorities necessary to maintain an effective export control sytem consisent with international standards.
November 2003: During a Safeguards trip to Hong Kong, BIS Export Enforcement staff met with Hong Kong Representatives to discuss a joint project to review shipping documentation.
October 2003: Under Secretary Kenneth Juster, in his Keynote Address at the BIS Update 2003 Conference, spoke of TECI, BIS multilateral discussions held with the nine TECI countries in the last year, and expressed appreciation to industry for its input on the TECI “Best Practices for Exports/Reexporters and Trade Facilitators Operating in Transshipment Hubs.”
Special Advisor Richard Cupitt monitored two break-out sessions discussing
“Transshipment Dangers” during the Update 2003 Conference.
BIS staff discussed TECI with representatives from several transshipment hubs,
including Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attending the 11th Asian
Export Control Seminar in Tokyo.
September 2003: Freight forwarder settles charge of dealing with a Denied Person.
Under Secretary Kenneth Juster spoke at the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council in San Jose, California on “Export Controls and Dual-use Technologies”.
BIS staff gave a presentation on TECI at the Sino-U.S. Export Control Seminar in Shanghai, China to the Chinese business community.
Special Advisor Cupitt discussed TECI with the Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee.
BIS staff gave a presentation on Transshipment Trade Controls and Enforcement at the Technical Meeting of National Authorities to Implement the CWC on Free Ports and Free Trade Zones in Barcelona, Spain.
August 2003:
BIS review of comments received on Best Practices for the trade
facilitation industry Tthe comments are a matter of public record and are
made on display at the BIS FOIA electronic reading room.
BIS enforcement Safeguards Team conducted pre-license checks and post-shipment verifications in Panama and Brazil.
Fine imposed on Massachusetts Company to settle allegations of exporting chemicals without licenses, including shipments to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand.
July 2003: Closing date for comments on Best Practices for the trade facilitation industry, was July 16.
BIS posted guidance on re-exporting on the BIS Web site in Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish.
BIS enforcement Safeguards Team conducted pre-license checks and post-shipment verifications in Cyprus, Malta, and Italy.
BIS staff participated in the Global Transshipment Enforcement Conference and related bilateral meetings in Sydney, Australia, July 14-18.
Special Advisor Richard Cupitt answered questions on the proposed guidance on best practices for the trade facilitation industry on an open line conference call for industry, July 8.
Under Secretary Juster met with Vice Minister Castrellón of Foreign
Affairs of Panama on the Transshipment Country Export Control Initiative (TECI),
July 3.
BIS staff conducted one-on-one consultations on U.S. export controls with
industry in Singapore, July 1.
June 2003: BIS staff conducted an industry outreach seminar on U.S. export controls in Singapore.
Secretary Evans and Under Secretary Juster met with Panamanian President Moscoso and discuss TECI.
Bio Check Inc. of Burlingame, California fined for illegal exports to Iran
via Italy and the UAE.
Special Advisor Richard Cupitt discussed the proposed guidance on best practices
for the trade facilitation industry with the Exporters’ Committee of
the National Council for International Trade and Development in Washington,
DC.
Special Agent William Carter participated in an assessment of the Cyprus and
Malta port export control and trade security operations, in cooperation with
the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland
Security.
President Bush announced the Proliferation Security Initiative, which emphasizes the importance of international cooperation to stop shipments of dual-use or munitions items to end-users of proliferation concern, including transshipped items or cargoes in transit.
May 2003: Under Secretary Kenneth Juster and other BIS officials met with government representatives from the UAE to discuss export control issues.
BIS issued a formal request for comments on the Best Practices for Exporters/Re-Exporters and Trade Facilitation/ Freight Forwarding Companies Regarding the Transit, Transshipment, and Reexport of Dual-Use Items.
BIS added Peluang Teguh and Lucktrade International PTE Ltd. of Singapore and Lucktrade International of Hong Kong to the BIS Unverified List.
April 2003: Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Borman and Special Advisor Richard Cupitt discussed transshipment trade controls with the Industry Sector Advisory Committee on Paper and Paper Products.
Industrial Scientific Corporation fined for illegal exports to Iran via the UAE.
BIS posts revised Guidance on Reexports and Other Offshore Transactions Involving U.S.-Origin Items (in English).
BIS started a special enforcement project aimed at transshipment hubs using the Automated Targeting System.
Commerce/BIS hosted the 8th U.S. - Hong Kong Bilateral Export Control Discussions with officials from Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department in Washington, DC.
BIS added Brilliant Intervest of Malaysia to the BIS Unverified List.
BIS sent a legal team to Panama City, Panama for the first U.S. - Panama Technical Exchange on Legal Requirements of Effective Export Control Systems.
March 2003: As part of its Safeguards Program, BIS sents a Safeguards Team to conduct end-use checks in Hong Kong and Thailand.
Under Secretary Kenneth Juster exchanged an agreed minute on preserving confidentiality in export control data exchanges with Joseph Lai, Deputy Director General of the Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department.
February 2003: Deputy Under Secretary Karan Bhatia addressed the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ) Annual Legislative Seminar on transshipment trade controls.
BIS Special Advisor Richard Cupitt gave a speech on transshipment trade controls at the Secure Trade in the APEC Region (STAR) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
January 2003: Under Secretary Kenneth Juster traveled to Panama to discuss transshipment issues.
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Samuel Bodman called on APEC to embrace the TECI in a speech to the APEC Business Advisory Council in Seattle, Washington.
BIS Foreign Policy Analyst Karen Nies-Vogel attended the ExpoTrans 2003 Conference on Multi-modal Transportation in Panama and discusses export controls with Panamanian industry and government representatives.
December 2002: BIS, Customs, and State organize the Regional Conference on Transshipment Trade Controls in Bangkok, Thailand. Deputy Under Secretary Bhatia led the BIS delegation.
November 2002:
Singapore adopted an enhanced export control law, the Strategic Goods (Control)
Act of 2002 to go into effect in January 2003.
October 2002: Under Secretary Kenneth Juster presented TECI at the BIS Annual Update conference in Washington, DC.
BIS placed an Export Control Attaché in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Under Secretary Juster traveled to Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand to discuss transshipment issues.
Singapore introduced its enhanced Strategic Goods (Control) Bill in Parliament.
BIS Special Advisor Richard Cupitt addressed the 30th Annual Conference of the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ) on transshipment controls as an emerging issue.
Summer 2002: Senior BIS management held ad hoc meetings with representatives of the NAFTZ, the National Foreign Trade Zone Board, and Washington DC-area companies involved in the trade facilitation industry.
BIS Special Agent William Carter participated in an interagency assessment of the Malta Freeport operations.
Spring 2002: Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans directed Under Secretary Kenneth Juster to take the lead in developing a Commerce initiative on transshipment trade and security.