Comments on: Obama Hints at Specific Export Reforms http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/1441 Latest News on DDTC, BIS, OFAC, and other export law matters Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:06:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Clif Burns http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/1441/comment-page-1#comment-93549 Clif Burns Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:59:13 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/?p=1441#comment-93549 If we adopt the Commerce rules relating to dual nationals, we will, for the most part, eliminate conflicts with human rights provisions in those countries. Rather than looking at country of birth, which is problematic, we'll be looking at country of citizenship or permanent residency. Most countries do permit basing employment decisions on those two factors. If we adopt the Commerce rules relating to dual nationals, we will, for the most part, eliminate conflicts with human rights provisions in those countries. Rather than looking at country of birth, which is problematic, we’ll be looking at country of citizenship or permanent residency. Most countries do permit basing employment decisions on those two factors.

]]> By: MJ http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/1441/comment-page-1#comment-93546 MJ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:01:07 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/?p=1441#comment-93546 Clif, It is interesting how two different export control geeks can read the same paragraph and take away different meanings. When Obama spoke of harmonizing the two different conflicting standards with which exporters and foreign firms have to comply, I assumed this was a reference to the State Department rules conflicting with allies' constitutions and the laws of the land flowing from those venerable documents (Canada and Australia come to mind) - which specifically prohibit employers from asking questions of their employees about national origin, dual citizenship and the like. I was not thinking about the different standards between Commerce and State. Thanks for broadening my field of thought. Clif,

It is interesting how two different export control geeks can read the same paragraph and take away different meanings.

When Obama spoke of harmonizing the two different conflicting standards with which exporters and foreign firms have to comply, I assumed this was a reference to the State Department rules conflicting with allies’ constitutions and the laws of the land flowing from those venerable documents (Canada and Australia come to mind) – which specifically prohibit employers from asking questions of their employees about national origin, dual citizenship and the like.

I was not thinking about the different standards between Commerce and State. Thanks for broadening my field of thought.

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