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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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

BIS Expands Export Controls on Advanced Computing Integrated Circuits for Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use, and on...

On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued new controls aimed at further slowing China’s development of advanced AI technologies. These new controls, published in two...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Russia sanctions update - June 2023

On May 19, 2023, the Biden Administration along with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), unveiled a new package of sanctions. The G7 leaders released a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to offer “the financial,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Department of Commerce Enhances Focus on Human Rights

The United States took two significant actions last week to cement its stance that protecting human rights around the globe is a central U.S. national security and foreign policy interest in export control policy and...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

United States Imposes Export Restrictions on Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) Group Subsidiaries over National Security Concerns

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule effective March 2, 2023, amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 37 entities to the Entity List, including...more

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Department of Commerce Adds 6 China-Based Entities to Export Administration Regulations List

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On February 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 C.F.R. §§ 730 et seq.) list (Entity List) by adding six China-based entities. The...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

New Round of Sanctions Relevant to Manufacturers Are Launched on the First Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

On the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration has announced a series of additional sanction measures targeting Russia. These new sanctions are designed to further isolate Russia from goods...more

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U.S. Announces More Than Three Dozen Added to Entity List Related to Russia China and Burma

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced this past week that it was adding more than three dozen companies to the Entity List effective immediately. This is the second round of...more

Morgan Lewis

Update: US Department of Commerce Imposes Restrictions on Russia

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The United States, in concert with Western allies, has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s action in Ukraine. In addition to a full suite of sanctions administered by the US...more

Baker Donelson

U.S. Implementation of Significant Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia Will Severely Impact Business Transactions With Russian...

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In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Biden Administration has implemented significant sanctions on Russia's financial institutions, state-owned companies, and individuals close to Putin which will restrict U.S....more

Hogan Lovells

U.S. Commerce Department announces additional export controls on Burma

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On 4 March 2021, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it would impose additional export controls measures on Burma, adding to measures already taken by the Biden administration in...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: US Government Imposes Export Restrictions on SMIC, DJI and 75 Other Entities

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The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a Final Rule adding 77 companies to the Entity List, a restricted party list that identifies foreign persons that engage in activities contrary to US...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Imposes Sanctions on 11 Chinese Companies, Citing Human Rights Violations

On July 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a final rule adding 11 Chinese companies (Listed Entities) to the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) Entity List for allegedly “engaging in or enabling activities...more

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Amazon purchased thermal cameras from blacklisted company

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 10 (May 14, 2020) - A Reuters report uncovered that Amazon.com Inc. purchased cameras to take temperatures of workers from China’s Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co. Ltd., a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Commerce Department Extends Export Controls over Foreign-Made Items in Huawei’s Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain

- The U.S. Department of Commerce has published a highly complex and novel interim final rule extending the controls of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) over foreign-made items in Huawei’s contract manufacturing...more

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Russian Nationals and Others Charged with Attempting to Evade U.S. Sanctions to Aid Russian Government-Controlled Business

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On December 3, 2019, the U.S. Department Justice (DOJ) announced charges against two Russian nationals, two Italian nationals, a U.S. citizen, and various companies for violating and conspiring to violate the International...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Chasing Huawei: BIS May Change the Rules of the Game to Target One Player

The U.S. Department of Commerce is considering tightening export controls in two major ways. The changes are aimed at choking off supplies to Huawei, but the move could impact a wide range of commercial transactions for all...more

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Commerce Department Blacklists Additional Huawei Affiliates but Grants More Time to U.S. Businesses to Disengage from Huawei,...

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On August 19, 2019, the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced that it has added 46 additional Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (However, although these restrictions make it harder for U.S....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Commerce Extends and Revises Temporary General License Authorizing Specified Transactions with Huawei and Its Affiliates; Adds...

• The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added 46 additional Huawei affiliates to the Entity List. The export, reexport, and transfer to these entities of commodities, software, and technology...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The Drama Around Huawei: Can U.S. Companies Do Business with the Chinese Chipmaker? - Huawei Seems to Be a Bargaining Chip in...

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• President Donald Trump saying at the recent G20 Summit in Japan that American companies could keep selling products to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei) was another installment in the drama surrounding the Chinese tech...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Reminder: Commerce Department Prohibitions Pertaining to Huawei Can Apply to Transactions by Non-U.S. Companies

• Since the addition of Huawei and many of its affiliates to the Entity List, there has been significant media coverage over which types of transactions involving the listed entities are, and are not, prohibited without a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Commerce Department Issues Temporary General License Authorizing Certain Transactions with Huawei and its Designated Affiliates

• On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a 90-day Temporary General License (TGL) authorizing limited categories of exports, reexports, or transfers that are otherwise prohibited pursuant to the addition...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Hua-Wait a Minute: Entity Designation Affects Non-U.S. Manufacturers’ Exports to China Tech Giant

On May 16, 2019, a sweeping U.S. export control rule went into effect that will impact the U.S. tech industry, but may also create an outsized risk for non-U.S. manufacturers. The rule, issued by the U.S. Department of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Executive Order To Further Restrict Business with Huawei and Other Foreign Adversaries Engaged in Cyber Espionage

On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) targeting activities of certain foreign telecommunications companies based in hostile countries. Entitled “Securing the Information and Communications...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Commerce Adds Huawei, Its Non-US Affiliates Worldwide and Others to the Entity List

• On May 16, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a final rule adding Huawei and 68 other companies, mostly its non-U.S. affiliates worldwide, to the Entity List... The rule will be officially published in the...more

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