The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a final rule limiting data transfers to China, Russia, and other designated “countries of concern.” The rule establishes a new national security program that bans specific types of...more
In line with international and European developments, Ireland has introduced a new regime to provide for a process to allow for certain transactions that may present risks to the security or public order of the State to be...more
On September 30, 2024, China’s State Council issued the Regulations on the Export Control of Dual-use Items (the “Regulations”), which will take effect on December 1, 2024. This marks the first time the Chinese government has...more
On December 12, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a comprehensive economic strategy containing over 160 policy recommendations intended to “to fundamentally reset...more
China has been imposing temporary controls on some graphite items as a long-standing practice. Starting from December 1, 2023, China will impose formal export controls on the three highly sensitive graphite items that were...more
On 19 September 2020, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) published the Provisions on the Unreliable Entity List (Order No.4 of 2020) (provisions), which immediately came into effect. It has been over one year since MOFCOM...more
On 24 June 2020, the United States Department of Defense made public a list of Chinese companies operating in the U.S. that are associated with the Chinese military. ...more
On 31 March 2020 the China Ministry of Commerce, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), and the General Administration of Customs (GAC) issued the Notice on the Orderly Exportation of Medical Supplies...more
With the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, the "Coronavirus") spreads globally at alarming speed some countries have responded to the crisis by taking measures such as restricting or denying importation from China and requiring...more
2/18/2020
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Best Practices ,
China ,
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Two years after the release of the first draft of the Chinese Export Control Law (the Law) in 2017 (the 2017 Draft), on 28 December 2019, a revised draft was published on the website of the National People's Congress for...more
1/8/2020
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De Minimus Quantity Exemption ,
Dual Use Goods ,
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Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Licensing Rules ,
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Military Goods ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Trade Policy ,
Use in Commerce
Recent actions by the U.S. Department of State underscore the Trump administration's efforts to use a "whole of government" approach to address perceived national security threats posed by China.
While these actions do not...more
On 7 October 2019 the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) expanded the Entity List, restricting certain transactions with 28 Chinese entities.
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10/16/2019
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Doing Business ,
ECCNs ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Educational Institutions ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Entities ,
Human Rights ,
Research and Development ,
Surveillance ,
Universities
Consumer companies on both sides of the Pacific are feeling the impact of the U.S.-China trade war. Targeted by the retaliatory tariffs imposed by both governments and already feeling price pressure as consumer confidence has...more
9/10/2019
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Economic Downturn ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Requests for Exclusion ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
Following on the heels of U.S. trade negotiators’ return from China, on 1 August, President Trump abruptly announced via Twitter an “additional Tariff of 10 percent on the remaining 300 Billion Dollars of goods and products...more
8/14/2019
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Currency Manipulation ,
Direct to Consumer Sales ,
Economic Downturn ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Requests for Exclusion ,
Section 301 ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
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U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR