Marc Selinger

Washington, D.C.

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Congressional Reporter at Export Compliance Daily

Congressional Reporter, Export Compliance Daily (@ExportDaily). Topics: export controls, sanctions, foreign investment screening. Ex-defense writer.

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Articles

Treasury Nominee Eyes More Focus on China, Sanctions Enforcement

1 week ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Hurley made his comment before the Senate Banking Committee in response to Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., who said China "has built too many companies using stolen American technology" and should face stricter sanctions and increased sanctions enforcement. Hurley said he also wants to reduce the “leakiness” that he believes has undermined U.S. sanctions for years. “It’s not so much the specific sanctions” that are imposed, he testified.
More Democratic Lawmakers Raise Concerns About BIS’s Approach to Allies

2 weeks ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
BIS Nominee Suggests 50% Rule for Entity List

2 weeks ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

“We’re going to have to keep our eye on the prize on this because … China is an incredibly sophisticated actor,” Heid testified before the Senate Banking Committee. “We’re going to be adjudicating that threat every single day.”Heid said that one way he would increase the effectiveness of export controls is to adjust the way BIS uses them.
US Should Make Better Use of Chip Export Control Authorities, House Panel Hears

2 weeks ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations. If U.S. officials “want to put in place export controls, they generally have legal means to do it,” said Gregory Allen, director of the Wadhwani AI Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Democratic Lawmakers Fear BIS Will Harm Export Controls by Cutting Consultations With Allies

3 weeks ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Their comments came in response to Jeffrey Kessler, the new head of BIS, who said March 27 that he intends to eschew time-consuming formal talks with allies and instead tell them what kinds of restrictions he wants them to impose (see 2503280039). House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.; Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee; Sen.
More Senators Criticize Administration's BIS Funding Cut

4 weeks ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
BIS Could See 10.5% Funding Cut in FY 2025, Senator Says

1 month ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations. Murray said the $20 million decrease for BIS is among $2.9 billion in cuts that President Donald Trump made March 24 to a recently enacted continuing resolution that will fund the government for the rest of FY 2025 (see 2503100023).
Interagency Effort Needed to Sanction Gold Trade Networks, House Panel Hears

1 month ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Sanctioning entire networks would be more effective than targeting individual smugglers, refiners or officials, Sasha Lezhnev, senior policy adviser at The Sentry, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa. The task force also could have more impact by coordinating with banks and other private-sector entities, as well as the EU, the U.K. and the U.N., Lezhnev said.
BIS Seeing Impact of Reduced Licensing Requirements for Australia, UK, Official Says

1 month ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations. In the first three months of 2025, license applications for Australia and the U.K. declined about 50% compared with the same period in 2024, the official reported at the BIS annual update conference.
US Has Removed ‘Big Barrier’ to Space Launch Vehicle Exports, Official Says

1 month ago | exportcompliancedaily.com | Marc Selinger

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations. Before the guidance was issued, BIS tended to deny the export of many SLV items, including to some close U.S. allies.