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On Thursday, October 9, 2025, China issued a series of new export control measures and designations on China’s Unreliable Entity List (UEL).
The new controls significantly expand the scope of China’s oversight over its rare earth materials by comprehensively regulating the entire supply chain of Chinese-origin rare earths, from specified raw materials to mining and…
In issuing the Affiliates Rule with immediate effect, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) drastically expanded the number of entities subject to the BIS’ most restrictive export tools by applying the same trade prohibitions to any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by one or…
On September 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a final rule that announced the addition of 32 new entities to the Entity List (see BIS final rule here). 23 entities were added under the destination of China, one under India, one under Iran, one under…
On July 28, 2025, Cadence Design Systems Inc., a global electronic design automation technology company based in San Jose, California, agreed to plead guilty to export violations in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, and resolved a civil enforcement…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced plans on May 13,2025, to rescind the Biden Administration’s AI diffusion export control rule, which was set to take effect on May 15. BIS will issue a formal rescission notice in the Federal Register and plans to introduce a replacement rule in the future. BIS enforcement officials…
An overview on new Russian sanctions and export controls issued by the U.S. (OFAC and BIS) and the UK focusing on the Russian financial, military, and LNG industries.
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The Department of Commerce’s (“DOC”) Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has published an interim final rule, as well as a request for comments, regarding new export controls for advanced computer, supercomputer, semiconductor, and manufacturing items. This update to the interim final rule serves to correct inadvertent errors and clarify export licensing procedures outlined in…
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