Export Controls
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GOP Members of Congress Call On Biden Administration To Crack Down On Sharing Critical U.S. Technology With China
The Republican-led China Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo calling for a crack down on sharing critical U.S. technology with China, and in particular for enforcement of U.S. export control laws to be tightened. The China Task
House Foreign Affairs Committee Releases Data on Export License Decisions Related to Huawei and SMIC
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives decided to
disclose aggregated data from the Commerce Department on licensing decisions for
possible sales to Chinese telecoms company Huawei and semiconductor company SMIC
for the six month period from November 2020 to April 2021. These companies are
on
Republican Senators Keep Pressure on Biden Administration BIS Nominee
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
China's Export Control Law Discussed in WTO Meeting
At the March 31 and April 1 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for
which minutes have just recently been circulated by the WTO
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/C/M139.pdf&Open=True]
, both the EU
BIS Nominees Testify at Senate Hearing
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a 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 Department. As explained by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) during his
To List or Not to List? Biden Administration Faces Dilemma on Chinese Phone Company with Past Ties to Huawei
The Biden administration is divided over whether to add Chinese smartphone maker
Honor Device Co. Ltd. to an export blacklist due to past connections with
Chinese tech company Huawei. This case illustrates the difficulties in drawing
lines related to national security, as the United States continues to refine its
export
EU Implements New Export Control Rules, Targeting Human Rights Protection
A new set of EU export control rules went into force on September 9, 2021. The
new rules apply to dual-use items, which are goods and technology that can be
used for both military and civilian purposes. These rules will apply generally,
but are likely to have a big impact