A new report from JPMorganChase’s Center for Geopolitics examines how U.S.-China competition and trade tensions, including export controls, are affecting third-country companies and their global business strategies.
Nvidia reportedly hasn't agreed to the Trump administration's security conditions for sales of its H200 exports to China, delaying license application approvals for sales to China's ByteDance.
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls posted on its website Feb. 2 that it has "limited operations" due to a partial government shutdown after Congress wasn't able to pass funding last week for the State and Treasury departments, the Pentagon and other agencies. "Services currently available include registration and licensing," DDTC said. "Certain support functions may remain unavailable during the lapse in government appropriations."
The Defense Department’s Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency this week released its annual report on foreign attempts to target U.S. technologies and industry’s reporting of those attempts. The report details efforts by foreign companies and governments to acquire U.S. electronics, aeronautic systems, computers, and more, breaking down attempts by geographic region.
The Bureau of Industry and Security on Jan. 27 completed a round of interagency review for a final rule that would make export control changes related to Cambodia. The rule, titled Conforming Change to the Export Administration Regulations for Cambodia, was sent for review Jan. 6.
The U.S. needs to be better at stopping illegal exports of sensitive technology, including chips, from getting into the hands of dangerous Chinese and Russian end users, said David Shedd, former acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Exyte has improved its compliance program after a breach of U.S. export controls led to a $1.5 million settlement with the Bureau of Industry and Security last week (see 2601080059), a company spokesperson said Jan. 9 in an email. "Following an internal review, Exyte voluntarily disclosed the matter to BIS, cooperated fully with the authorities, and has strengthened its export control compliance program and controls," the spokesperson said. "The matter is resolved."
China is tightening export controls over dual-use items destined for Japan, the country's Ministry of Commerce said this week, according to an unofficial translation. The measures, which China said are aimed at protecting national security and improving nonproliferation, prohibit exports of "all dual-use items to Japanese military users, for military purposes, and for any other end-user purposes that could enhance Japan’s military capabilities," the ministry said. Any person or any company "from any country or region" that violates the new controls, which took effect Jan. 6, "will be held legally liable."
The Bureau of Industry and Security sent a final rule for interagency review that would make export control changes related to Cambodia. The rule, titled Conforming Change to the Export Administration Regulations for Cambodia, was sent for review Jan. 6.
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls on Jan. 2 sent a proposed rule for interagency review that could lead to U.S. Munitions List updates. The rule, titled "International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Proposed Omnibus USML Changes," would remove items from the USML that no longer warrant inclusion, add items that do, and clarify certain items described on the USML, the agency said.