At a recent House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing, lawmakers put the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under intense scrutiny over U.S. export entity listings and AI chip sales to China. Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler faced tough questioning from both sides of the aisle regarding

Trade data shows that China's exports of rare earths and rare earth products have softened in a relatively narrow band in recent months, showing that Beijing's controls continue to reshape trade flows without fully choking off global supply.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced new export controls on Monday, blacklisting 40 Japanese defense, aerospace, and technology entities, escalating a diplomatic and economic confrontation over Tokyo's recent military and defense policy shifts.

Yesterday, China launched a two-front regulatory offensive against the U.S. defense sector, placing 10 American entities on an export control blacklist while barring 46 U.S. firms from participating in domestic government procurement. The move represents countermeasures in response to the recent U.S. additions of over 100

One year after Beijing implemented export control measures on some critical rare earth elements and derivative products, the global trade landscape reflects a complex dynamic of sharp disruption followed by rapid adaptation. While shipments initially plummeted following the April 2025 announcement, exports of rare earths and products rebounded robustly soon

Last week, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) revised its control list of chemical exports, adding three more substances to a list that requires special permission for shipments to the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Today, officials from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) provided additional details regarding their view of the agreements reached with their U.S. counterparts last week, highlighting that Washington has agreed not to raise tariffs beyond the levels established last fall and outlining the use of the Board of