Comments on: I’d Like to Teach Iran to Sing http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/342 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: Mike Deal http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/342/comment-page-1#comment-16262 Mike Deal Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:26:57 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/?p=342#comment-16262 There is no better proof that OFAC and the trade embargo against Iran are administered to hurt Americans, and do nothing to hurt Iran. Iran can get anything it wants, as long as it doesn't buy it from the U.S. There are few commercial products produced only in the United States. Few distributors outside the United States are willing to set up accounting and inventory control systems to ensure that US origin products aren't sold to the countries that the US unilaterally embargoes, so they just buy foreign made products. Even fewer manufacturers outside the United States are willing to establish accounting and inventory control programs to assure that the products they sell have no more than 10 per cent US content, so they just buy parts and components from other countries. US multinationals just make sure their foreign operations sell non-US products and employ non-US workers. Make no mistake, its not just sales to Iran that OFAC denies to Americans, it sales to the rest of the world that OFAC denies to America. OFAC's principal mission is to deny jobs to their fellow Americans. Although anyone who has the uncertain pleasure of talking to a licensing officer at OFAC can tell you that they feel little or no fellowship with Americans. There is no better proof that OFAC and the trade embargo against Iran are administered to hurt Americans, and do nothing to hurt Iran. Iran can get anything it wants, as long as it doesn’t buy it from the U.S. There are few commercial products produced only in the United States. Few distributors outside the United States are willing to set up accounting and inventory control systems to ensure that US origin products aren’t sold to the countries that the US unilaterally embargoes, so they just buy foreign made products. Even fewer manufacturers outside the United States are willing to establish accounting and inventory control programs to assure that the products they sell have no more than 10 per cent US content, so they just buy parts and components from other countries. US multinationals just make sure their foreign operations sell non-US products and employ non-US workers. Make no mistake, its not just sales to Iran that OFAC denies to Americans, it sales to the rest of the world that OFAC denies to America. OFAC’s principal mission is to deny jobs to their fellow Americans. Although anyone who has the uncertain pleasure of talking to a licensing officer at OFAC can tell you that they feel little or no fellowship with Americans.

]]> By: Clif Burns http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/342/comment-page-1#comment-15308 Clif Burns Fri, 30 May 2008 13:36:32 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/?p=342#comment-15308 <blockquote>“Pepsi’s refusal to comment on how it dispenses Coke in Iran….” That’s the bigger story here, isn’t it? Pepsi is distributing Coke? :)</blockquote> That's what I get for posting after midnight! Blame it on the season finale of <i>Lost</i>.

“Pepsi’s refusal to comment on how it dispenses Coke in Iran….”

That’s the bigger story here, isn’t it? Pepsi is distributing Coke? :)

That’s what I get for posting after midnight! Blame it on the season finale of Lost.

]]> By: mous, anony http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/342/comment-page-1#comment-15295 mous, anony Fri, 30 May 2008 13:14:12 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/?p=342#comment-15295 "Pepsi’s refusal to comment on how it dispenses Coke in Iran...." That's the bigger story here, isn't it? Pepsi is distributing Coke? :) “Pepsi’s refusal to comment on how it dispenses Coke in Iran….”

That’s the bigger story here, isn’t it? Pepsi is distributing Coke? :)

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