The special edition of the client alert coming out at Christmas time on export control issues deals with the ‘hot’ topics of the moment, such as the adoption in Italy of the new legislative decree on dual use goods and sanctions, the announcement of the new Trump administration strategy with Iran and the de-certification of the nuclear agreement, the US position against Russia as embedded in the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act” (CAATSA) and the most significant 2017 interventions by the Military Goods Licence Unit (UAMA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is the national authority competent for issuing the licences to trade in military goods.