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The United States and Singapore Signal More Robust Export Control Enforcement

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Recent actions by the Singapore and US governments following DeepSeek’s alleged use of restricted artificial intelligence (AI) chips signal more robust enforcement of export controls. Not only is Singapore stepping up its...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Inside New Commerce Tech Restrictions: Mitigation Strategies

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has issued the final rule that will determine how its Information and Communications Technology and Services regulations will work going forward....more

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House Select Committee Publishes Report on DeepSeek, as Commerce Imposes New AI Chip Export Restrictions — AI: The Washington...

On April 16, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report on the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model with findings from the committee’s investigation into DeepSeek. The report...more

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Inside New Commerce Tech Restrictions: Key Risk Takeaways

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has issued the final rule that will determine how its Information and Communications Technology and Services regulations will work going forward. Originally...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

A Roadmap for Export Controls? Project 2025 and the Future of U.S. Exports – Part I

The second Trump administration has come flying out of the starting blocks on international trade policy actions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshaping tariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Protect Yourself: U.S. Exporters Advised To Obtain End-Use and End-User Statements for All Exports, Including EAR99 Items

According to a trade press report, a Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS"), Department of Commerce official speaking at the March 2025 BIS Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy recommended that U.S. exporters...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Trump Administration’s First Export Control Action – Reading the Tea Leaves

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On March 25, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a significant expansion of its Entity List restrictions, adding 80 entities from China, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa,...more

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[Podcast] Rev Up! Connected Vehicles: New National Security Law with Major Impact on Connected Vehicles and the Auto Supply Chain

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The topic is connected vehicles and the automotive supply chain and specifically how a new law that became effective on March 17, 2025, has major implications for automakers, auto suppliers, and investors and dealmakers doing...more

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Taking Stock – Summary of BIS Actions From Fall 2024, and Peek at What Is Next Under the Trump Administration

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President Trump’s first months in office have been busy, but, in the export control world, we have been grateful for a brief respite from the mind-bending, hundreds-of-pages-long, industry-changing rules that the US...more

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Summary of BIS’s December 5, 2024, Chip Controls

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On December 5, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) promulgated an interim final rule (the December IFR) expanding its authority to restrict the dissemination of advanced chip technology...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Connected Vehicles Rule to Disrupt Supply Chain and Impose Compliance Obligations

On January 16, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published the Final Rule, prohibiting the import of “vehicle connectivity system” (VCS) hardware (including connected vehicles integrating that hardware) and the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Week Three in Trade – First 100 Days of the New Administration

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We previously covered President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs and the various retaliatory tariff and nontariff countermeasures announced by each country in separate posts. Currently, the Mexico and Canada tariffs have been paused...more

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Lutnick Clears Committee Vote, More Nominations

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A crucial part of Trump’s agenda will be those who execute it. We recap recent developments specific to leadership nominations and confirmations below....more

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BIS Issues Long-Awaited Export Controls on AI

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On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released its export control titled “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion.” This new interim final rule creates a two-pronged...more

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BIS Issues the Final Connected Vehicles Rule, But Trump’s Recent Presidential Action Throws Implementation into Question

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On January 14, 2025, BIS released the final rule for Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles (Connected Vehicle Rule). The Connected Vehicle Rule prohibits imports...more

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New Export Control Rule Regulates Global Diffusion of Artificial Intelligence

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The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") issued a rule establishing a framework to prevent U.S. adversaries from accessing the most advanced artificial intelligence ("AI") systems while...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

InsightsCommerce Imposes Sweeping New Rule Restricting Exports of AI Chips

On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced new rules restricting the export of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips and certain closed AI model weights in an...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Export Controls on Advanced Computing Items and AI Model Weights

The Commerce Department has issued a rule that increases export controls on AI-related items.  The rule: Most of the restrictions are scheduled to take effect on May 15, 2025, although some do not come into effect until...more

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Current State of U.S. Export Controls in Response to the Russian Federation’s Invasion of Ukraine - As of January 29, 2025

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In a continued effort to hinder Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia and Belarus. This alert...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Commerce Dept. Rule Expands Licensing Requirements for AI-Related Materials

On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule establishing (i) expanded export licensing requirements for the export of advanced computing integrated...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New BIS rule on connected cars: Prohibitions on technology from Russia and China

On January 16, 2025, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule prohibiting the sale or import into the United States of passenger vehicles containing certain hardware or...more

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BIS seeks public comment on potential rule restricting the import and use of unmanned aircraft systems involving China, Russia and...

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On January 3, 2025 the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security released an advanced notice of proposed rule-making seeking public input on the definition of “unmanned aircraft systems” and their...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Flurry of National Security Regulations Issued as Biden Administration Departs

The U.S. Commerce Department and other regulatory agencies published regulations at a furious pace as the Biden administration came to a close this month. These new regulations appear to be primarily aimed at restricting...more

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US Department of Commerce Issues Interim Final Rule Designed to Protect American AI

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On January 13, 2025, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) titled “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion.” The IFR builds on a long series of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New export controls on AI model weights and advanced computing integrated circuits -- supply chain complexity increases

On January 15, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that imposes new controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (Advanced ICs) and certain...more

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