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Export Control
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International Trade Insights
BIS Adds 50% Ownership Rule to Entity List and Military End User List
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released an interim final rule that automatically applies Entity List and Military End User (“MEU”) List restrictions to any…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
BIS adopts 50% rule to cover affiliates of listed entities
By Michael Lowell, Lizbeth Rodriguez-Johnson, Justin Angotti, Kirsten Lowell, Courtney E. Fisher
On September 29, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule expanding its controls under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to cover foreign entities owned directly…
Global Trade Law Blog
Not Your Usual Monday: BIS Adopts 50 Percent Rule for Entity List, MEU List & Related EAR Controls
By J. Scott Maberry, Curtis Dombek, Reid Whitten, Lisa Mays, Julien Blanquart, Jordan Mallory
Update (November 2025): BIS suspended implementation of the Affiliates Rule for one year, temporarily reversing the extension of Entity List and MEU-related controls to foreign affiliates that are 50% or…
The Legal Wire
China bans tech companies from buying Nvidia’s AI chips
It is reported that, according to inside sources, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has banned China’s biggest technology companies (including ByteDance and Alibaba) from buying Nvidia’s AI chips (specifically…
Global Trade Law Blog
Keeping an EAR Out for Syria: BIS Reduces Export Controls
By Reid Whitten, Julien Blanquart, Marta Piñol Lindin
The pace of U.S. regulatory changes regarding Syria continues to increase. Building on our previous posts (“Syria-ous Changes for Middle East Business?” and “Unpacking the U-Turn: What the Syria Sanctions…
Regulatory Oversight
Limited Relaxation of US Export Controls on Syria Leaves Many Restrictions in Place
By Peter Jeydel, Charlene Goldfield
On August 28, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a rule relaxing certain restrictions on Syria under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). But unlike the much…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
BIS relaxes export controls on Syria
By Michael Lowell, Lizbeth Rodriguez-Johnson, Justin Angotti, Kirsten Lowell, Courtney E. Fisher
Following President Trump’s June executive order revoking the comprehensive U.S. sanctions on Syria, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is relaxing the existing restrictions on exports and reexports to…
International Trade Law
President Trump Signs Amendment to Export Control Reform Act
By Scott Wise, Jeremy Iloulian, Edward Goetz
On August 19, President Trump signed the Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act (H.R. 1316) after the House passed it by voice vote, and the Senate unanimously…
The Legal Wire
US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say
It is reported according to anonymous sources that US authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk of…
GovCon & Trade
Huge Export Penalty for U.S. Technology Company
On July 28, various arms of the U.S. government announced concurrent export enforcement resolutions involving Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Cadence), a California-based software and technology firm. Cadence will pay over…