The U.S. Department of Commerce has revoked the general license for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to export controlled items to its China facilities, following a similar move targeting two Korean companies and one American company.

Last week, the U.S. government revoked waivers for U.S. technology exports that had been granted to Intel, Samsung, and SK hynix, under which these companies were able to export advanced wafer fabrication equipment from the U.S. for use at their Chinese facilities.

The Trump administration announced today that it would be conducting a national security investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 related to imports of wind turbines and their parts and components.

The Chinese government has submitted its views to the Department of Commerce in two recently initiated Section 232 national security investigations, on imports of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) and polysilicon.

Yesterday, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed "an administrative penalty" of $95 million on Cadence Design Systems Inc. for "illegal exports of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) hardware and software and semiconductor design technology" to Chinese parties on the Entity List.

While U.S. Section 232 national security investigations of imported products are mostly political exercises, there is nevertheless an opportunity for interested parties to submit their views, and the Chinese government has been doing so in the various investigations that are currently underway.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it has initiated two new investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine the effects on U.S. national security of imports of polysilicon and unmanned aircraft systems (drones).