Day: July 15, 2022

On 15 July, the Wall Street Journal and a C4ADS report highlighted rising exports of microchips, aluminium oxide, and other dual-use items undermine Western push to stall Russian war effort.  For example, chip shipments from China to Russia more than doubled to about $50 million in the first 5 months of 2022 compared with a year earlier.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-firms-are-selling-russia-goods-its-military-needs-to-keep-fighting-in-ukraine-11657877403

https://c4ads.org/trade-secrets

https://raytoddblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/e6b78-tradesecrets.pdf

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On 15 July, FATF-style regional body CFATF published the MER on Aruba which was approved at a June Plenary.  The on-site visit took place in August 2021.  The report analyses the level of compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations, the level of effectiveness of Grenada’s AML/CFT system and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened.

https://www.cfatf-gafic.org/home/cfatf-news/752-4th-round-mutual-evaluation-report-of-aruba

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On 15 July, FATF-style regional body CFATF published the MER on Grenada which was approved at a June Plenary.  The on-site visit took place in June 2021.  The report analyses the level of compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations, the level of effectiveness of Grenada’s AML/CFT system and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened.

https://www.cfatf-gafic.org/home/cfatf-news/753-cfatf-4th-round-mutual-evaluation-report-of-grenada

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On 15 July, a Notice from HM Treasury advised that Didier CASIMIRO and Zeljko RUNJE had been removed from the sanctions list.  3 other existing entries have been amended, and 1 other corrected.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090981/Notice_Russia_140722.pdf

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On 15 July, the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper that briefly explains how the criteria fits into the UK’s strategic export controls system and how the criteria have evolved, before comparing each criterion in turn with the 2014 version.

https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9494/CBP-9494.pdf

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These new UK Regulations amend Part 5 (Trade) of the 2019 Regulations, which contains trade sanctions measures, and makes related consequential amendments. The amendments provide for a number of trade restrictions involving –

• making available and the transfer of technology with the potential for the production and development of chemical and biological weapons (as well as related technical assistance, financial services, funds, and brokering services) – again existing controls already apply as well;
• technology with potential use for internal repression (although many such goods with potential for misuse are already export-controlled);
• expanding existing controls on chemical and biological goods and technology the export, supply and delivery, making available or acquiring of military goods and the transfer, making available or acquiring of technology, dual-use goods and technology, and critical industry goods and technology;
• maritime goods and the making available and transfer of related technology;
• Sterling- or EU-denominated banknotes;
• jet fuel and fuel additives, including related technical assistance, financial services, funds, and brokering services;
• the adding of further products to existing prohibitions relating to oil refining goods, and technology;
• the import, acquisition or supply and delivery of revenue generating goods that originate in or are consigned from Russia (as well as related technical assistance, financial services, funds, and brokering services); and
• the provision of technical assistance, and financial services, funds, and brokering services relating to iron and steel imports.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/792/contents/made

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