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Export Control
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China Law Insight
China Tightens Controls on Rare Earths: Legal Risk & Compliance
By King & Wood
Authored by:Feng Xiaopeng, Wang Yimei, Ma Cong and Li Siran China has tightened export controls on rare earths. In April 2025, China’s Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs…
China Law Insight
China’s major escalation of export control measures has profoundly impacted the global supply chain
By King & Wood
Authored by:Dai Menghao, Mark Schaub, Chen Ruosi, Harvey Chau, Ma Cong and Fu Yanru On October 9, 2025, the Security and Control Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of the…
China Law Insight
China’s Export Control for Dual-Use Items: Risks and Compliance
By King & Wood
Authored by:Feng Xiaopeng, Ma Cong Since the Export Control Law of the People’s Republic of China came into effect on December 1, 2020, China has fully entered an era of…
SmarTrade
Federal Government Issues Tri-Seal Advisory on Sanctions and Export Controls Relief for Syria
On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, issued a Tri-Seal Advisory…
International Trade Law
European Commission Revises Dual-Use List: Highlights from the 2025 Update
By Vassilis Akritidis, Sophie Davis, Oleksii Yuzko, Chandler Leonard, Nate Young
On November 15, 2025, the implementing regulation updating the EU’s Dual-Use Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2021/821) came into force. The update incorporates editorial refinements for greater clarity and coherence, introduces new…
International Trade Insights
BIS Suspends “Affiliates Rule” for One Year Following U.S. Agreement with China
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which will suspend BIS’s recently enacted Affiliates Rule effective as of November 10, 2025 and…
The Trade Practitioner
BIS Issues One-Year Suspension of Affiliates Rule Expansion
On November 10, 2025, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule titled “One Year Suspension of Expansion of End-User Controls for Affiliates…
International Trade Law
State Department Removes Cambodia from ITAR 126.1 Proscribed Countries List
By Scott Wise, Chandler Leonard, Nate Young
The U.S. Department of State (“State”) has decided to lift the defense trade embargo against Cambodia. Accordingly, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) will publish on November 7, 2025,…
The Legal Wire
US to block Nvidia’s sale of scaled-down AI chips to China
It is reported based on inside sources that the US White House has informed other federal agencies that it will not permit Nvidia to sell its latest scaled-down AI chips…
The Legal Wire
US approves Microsoft licence to export AI chips to UAE
It is announced through Microsoft’s official press release that the US government has granted Microsoft a license to export AI chips to the United Arab Emirates. Microsoft is one of…