Semiconductors
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            U.S. Commerce Department Makes More Chinese Entity List Additions
                Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) placed additional Chinese entities on the Entity List, through two separate actions, on the basis of "activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests."
            
        Chinese Trade Remedy Measure Update on EU Brandy, U.S. Polysilicon, and Chemicals
                China’s Ministry of Commerce provided some updates on several trade remedy cases in recent weeks. In addition, there is an indication that it may start trade remedy investigations on U.S. chips.
            
        China Files New WTO Consultations Request on U.S. Semiconductor Export Controls
                China has recently updated its WTO consultations request with the U.S. over the export control regime for semiconductors, broadening the scope of the consultations to cover more recent measures that expand the regime.
            
        Biden Administration Announces New Export Controls on AI Chips
                Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce published an interim final rule governing exports of chips used in artificial intelligence. The rule has already drawn criticism from Beijing and some domestic players.
            
        USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation on Chinese Semiconductor Policies
                In late December, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office started an investigation into Chinese policies and practices that it said were designed to "dominate domestic and global markets in the semiconductor industry," focusing on foundational semiconductors and silicon carbide substrates (or other wafers used as inputs
            
        Beijing Launches Antitrust Investigation on Nvidia
                Today, China's State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) launched an antitrust probe into U.S. chipmaker Nvidia.
            
        Biden Administration Issues New Advanced Semiconductor Export Rules
                Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced "a package of rules designed to further impair the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) capability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in the next generation of advanced weapon systems and