Yesterday, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Commerce Department announced the addition of 33 Chinese companies to its "Unverified List, which makes it more difficult for U.S. companies to sell to them.

The Republican-led China Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter [https://mcusercontent.com/723925654e4ab8fdea83f0a9c/files/cabefc23-b371-c24c-1efa-2f85711f7916/CTF_Letter_to_Sec._Raimondo_on_Export_Control_Actions.pdf] to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo calling for a crack down on sharing critical U.S. technology with China, and

Following up on questions he asked Alan Estevez -- the Biden administration's nominee for Under Secretary for Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce -- about general export control policies relating to China, the Entity List, and the companies Huawei and Honor during the nomination

The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing [https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/09/14/2021/nomination-hearing] today in which it considered the nominations of Alan Estevez and Thea Kendler for key positions at the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Commerce