The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has sent an unmistakable message to the semiconductor industry: creative interpretations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) will not shield companies...more
On February 11, 2026, Applied Materials, Inc. entered into a settlement agreement for a civil monetary penalty of over $252 million with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for 56 unlawful...more
On February 11, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a settlement agreement and $252 million civil penalty against California-based Applied Materials Inc. and its subsidiary Applied...more
On February 11, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a settlement with Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) and Applied Materials Korea, Ltd. (AMK) resolving allegations that the...more
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) was designed to be one of the toughest trade enforcement statutes ever enacted by Congress....more
On January 7, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Order resolving allegations that Exyte Management GmbH (Exyte), a Germany-based company, committed 13 violations of the Export...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently entered into a settlement agreement with German entity Exyte Management GmbH (Exyte) due to in‑country transfers by distributors of one of its...more
On January 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an Order resolving an administrative enforcement action against Exyte Management GmbH, a Germany-based company headquartered...more
If you are a trade and legal compliance decision-maker, where can you go to learn, expand your export controls brain trust, and strengthen your strategy? At ACI’s Advanced Forum on Global Export Controls, you’ll connect...more
As 2025 comes to an end, one theme defines the global compliance landscape: volatility. Over the past twelve months, sanctions and export control regimes have shifted quickly as the second Trump administration reshaped...more
On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) delayed the effective date of its new Affiliates Rule for a one-year period, until November 9, 2026, after U.S. and China trade talks. The Affiliates...more
Effective November 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") formally suspended enforcement of its newly announced Affiliates Rule for one year following a U.S.–China framework trade...more
On October 9, 2025, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM and General Administration of Customs (GAC) published a set of announcements (Nos. 55 to 58 and 61, 62) with a series of export control measures. These include export...more
On November 10, 2025, the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a one-year suspension of the “Affiliates Rule,” which imposed U.S. export control restrictions on entities 50...more
On November 10, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule delaying enforcement of the “Affiliates Rule” that BIS issued on September 29. The one-year suspension ends...more
Following a bilateral meeting in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2025, between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, the United States and China announced an agreement (the “Agreement”) intended to ease...more
On November 10, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule, announcing a one-year suspension (the Suspension) of its interim final rule, “Expansion of End-User Controls to...more
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which will suspend BIS’s recently enacted Affiliates Rule effective as of November 10, 2025 and continuing through November 9, 2026....more
On November 12, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the Department of Commerce published a one-year suspension of the “Expansion of End-User Controls to Cover Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities” rule (the...more
UPDATE - On November 10, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued its final rule staying the new Affiliates Rule, which will make any unlisted foreign entity owned, directly or...more
On November 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) formally published a one year suspension of the “Affiliates Rule,” previously announced by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in the...more
It’s hard not to experience whiplash with export controls recently. A little over a month ago, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the new Affiliates Rule, which took effect immediately on September 29....more
On November 1, 2025, the White House formally announced in a fact sheet that the United States will suspend the Bureau of Industry and Security’s 50% rule, known as the BIS 50% Affiliates Rule, for one year starting Nov. 10,...more
On October 30, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will delay the implementation of the recently announced BIS Affiliates Rule for one...more