Export Controls for Thee, Stock Trades for Me

Congress Just Gave Itself a New Insider Trading Playground, And You're Not Invited

You’ve probably never heard of H.R. 1316, signed quietly by Trump on August 19. On the surface, it sounds harmless—even responsible: a new law requiring the Commerce Department to give Congress more information about export licenses to sketchy foreign companies.

Now, select congressional committees will receive information on who wants to sell military g…