This QuickCounsel provides an introduction to U.S. export controls. Export controls are laws and regulations that govern the sale, transfer, shipment, or release of goods, services, and information to foreign persons or to foreign countries. In the U.S., export controls are administered by a variety of executive agencies and exist to promote a variety of U.S. interests. However, this QuickCounsel focuses on the broadest export controls: the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, 22 CFR Parts 120-130 (“ITAR”), the Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR Parts 730-774 (“EAR”), and the embargoes and sanctions administered by the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”).

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