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Publishing groups are praising a recent move by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control to amend Syrian sanctions regulations to authorize U.S. citizens to engage in transactions related to the publishing and marketing of Syrian manuscripts, books, journals and newspapers.
The Association of American University Presses, the Association of American Publishers's Professional/Scholarly Publishers division and the PEN American Center issued a statement on Wednesday commending the amendment as “a step in the right direction” while noting concerns about exceptions for government-related publications. The groups, which wrote a joint letter to OFAC in January seeking revision of the trade regulations, have in the past fought successfully for similar changes to the Cuba, Iran and Sudan sanctions.
