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BIS Sets Higher KYC Standards for Companies and Universities Over Russia Diversion Concerns

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On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released new guidance (the “July 10 Release”) outlining different types of precautionary letters (“supplier list” letters, “Project...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

China Year-in-Review: Securing the Battery Supply Chain

During 2023 both Congress and the Biden Administration repeatedly expressed the need to secure critical supply chains, particularly batteries that rely heavily on lithium and critical minerals sourced from China. Concerns...more

Wiley Rein LLP

BIS Strengthens Export Controls Targeting China’s Acquisition of Semiconductor Equipment, Advanced Computing Items, and...

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For the second year running, and in what may prove to be a regular process, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has significantly expanded export controls on specific semiconductor and...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

Closing the Loopholes: Additional Export Controls Issued on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items

On November 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) held a public briefing to address industry questions concerning the latest export controls on advanced computing and semiconductor...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Department of Commerce Continues to Expand Export Controls Related to Semiconductors and Other Advanced Technologies

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The new measures build on sweeping restrictions that the United States introduced in October 2022. On October 17, 2023 — just over a year after introducing extensive regulations aimed at restricting parties in China from...more

K&L Gates LLP

US Government Revises Comprehensive Export Controls on Semiconductors and Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

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On 17 October 2023, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two new Interim Final Rules (collectively, the Updated Rule) that significantly revise and expand controls under the US Export...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

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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

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

New BIS Policy Cracks Down on Uncooperative Foreign Governments With Broad Implications for Parties Trading in Goods Subject to...

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The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) is cracking down on foreign governments that prevent the end-use checks the BIS uses to ensure compliance with Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”)....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Biden Administration Restricts U.S. Exports of Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, Software, and...

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On October 7, 2022, the Biden Administration announced new restrictions on exports to China of advanced integrated circuits (“ICs”), computers and components containing advanced ICs, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and...more

Morgan Lewis

Congress Considers Legislation to Shift Export Control Jurisdiction from the Department of Commerce

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Based on consistent comments by the US Congress, think tanks, and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, several members of Congress proposed legislation to shift jurisdiction for export controls from Commerce...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Commerce Department Rolls Out Measures to Strengthen Export Controls on China

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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule on Oct. 7, 2022, placing unilateral export controls on certain advanced computing items and semiconductor manufacturing...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Commerce Moves to Curb Chinese Technology Advancements

Over the last several weeks, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has telegraphed sweeping, new controls on U.S. exports to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) pertaining to tools and technologies that support advanced...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

BIS Announces Significant Changes to How It Administers Unverified and Entity Lists

Key Points - BIS amended the EAR to add a new criterion for placing a party on the Entity List: a sustained lack of cooperation by the host government to schedule and facilitate the completion of an end-use check of an...more

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US Commerce Department Authorizes Release of Certain Technology and Software to All Entities on the Entity List in...

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On September 9, 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS or Commerce) published a rule, sought by tech and telecom companies, and industry organizations, authorizing the release of certain...more

Morgan Lewis

BIS Unverified List: What Designations Mean for Your Business

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Parties can continue to do business with designated individuals on the Unverified List, but if items subject to the Export Administration Regulations are involved—including exports, reexports, or transfers—additional...more

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BIS issues clarifications to the foreign-direct product rules

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) clarified, reorganized, and made minor corrections to the provisions of the foreign-direct product (“FDP”) rules on February 3, 2022. These revisions aim to consolidate and clarify...more

Foley Hoag LLP

BIS Releases Statistics on Export Licenses to Huawei and SMIC Showing Majority of License Applications Were Approved

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In response to a request from the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) provided export license statistics related to Chinese firms Huawei...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Proficiency Series] Export Administration Regulations - October 4th - 27th, 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT

Learn and connect at this immersive, practical 4-week masterclass on EAR essentials - ACI’s highly anticipated virtual Passport to Proficiency on Export Administration Regulations will take place October 4 – 27, 2021 and...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Conference] U.S.-China Trade Controls - September 20th, 10:00 am - 5:15 pm EDT

Industry's Annual Forum on MEU and MIEU Rules, New Legislation, Data Transfers and Emerging Technology Rules - ACI’s 3rd Virtual U.S.-China Trade Controls Conference will take place September 20, 2021, in a virtual format....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Webinar] Complimentary Webinar on U.S.-China Export & Cyber Controls - June 30th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

With six months into the Biden Administration, American Conference Institute invites you to join one-hour Complimentary Webinar on U.S.-China Export & Cyber Controls, which will take place on June 30th at 1:00pm EDT. The...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

U.S. Department of Commerce Sanctions Seven Chinese Supercomputer Firms

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On April 8, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added seven Chinese supercomputer firms and organizations to its Entity List, the agency’s principal export sanctions list. BIS alleges...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security Relaxes Several Classification and Reporting Requirements for...

As of March 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has implemented significant modifications to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that relax requirements on the...more

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BIS Implements New Burma Export Controls And Adds Four Entities To The Entity List

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued final rules amending the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) by implementing new export controls on Burma (Myanmar), and adding four...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The New "Uniquely Required" Standard of U.S. Export Licensing Policy for SMIC

On December 18, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced the addition of 77 new entities, including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (“SMIC”), to the Entity List. ...more

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