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Export Control
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SmarTrade
New Export Controls on Advanced Computing ICs and Certain Closed AI Model Weights
By Kristina Shcheglazova*, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Scott E. Diamond**
UPDATE: On May 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce rescinded this Interim Final Rule. See Thompson Hine update of May 14, 2025. BIS plans to publish a Federal Register notice…
SmarTrade
DDTC Issues Interim Final Rule to Amend Provisions of the ITAR and USML Categories
By Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Aaron C. Mandelbaum
On January 17, 2025, the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published an Interim Final Rule that will amend §§ 121.0 and 121.1 of the International Traffic…
Beyond the First 100 Days
Executive Order: “America First Trade Policy”
Navigating Trump administration executive orders impacting CFIUS, national security, and trade. By James Barker, Les Carnegie, Damara Chambers, Philip Perry, Ruchi Gill, Catherine Hein, and Kathryn Worthington See EO: America…
SmarTrade
BIS Adds 27 Chinese Companies to Entity List
By Scott E. Diamond**, Samir D. Varma, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Aaron C. Mandelbaum
On January 15, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two Final Rules adding 27 companies to the Entity List. In the first Final Rule,…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
U.S. tightens controls on advanced computing chips and global AI diffusion
By Michael Lowell, Lizbeth Rodriguez-Johnson, Paula Salamoun, Justin Angotti, Kirsten Lowell, Courtney E. Fisher
On January 13, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule to revise U.S. export controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and add a new…
International Trade Law
DDTC Increase in Registration Fee Rates Become Effective
On January 9, 2025, DDTC’s new registration fee rates become effective. This is the first time in fifteen years DDTC has increased the registration fees charged to those who are…
Global Trade Law Blog
The Persistence of (High Bandwidth) Memory: Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment and Korean Semiconductor Manufactures Face Harsher Restrictions Under New HBM Rules
By Jordan Mallory, Reid Whitten
On December 2, 2024, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a new set of regulations targeting semiconductors manufacturing equipment (SME) and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips.…
GT London Law Blog
UK Company Fined for Breaking Export Rules
By Annabel Thomas, Gavin Costelloe, Bethany Histed
On 18 November 2024, a UK court fined English company EDM Limited £89,359.80 for export control rule violations, finding the company guilty on three counts of exporting military goods without…
SmarTrade
BIS Seeks to Further Strengthen Export Controls Targeting China’s Advanced Semiconductor Industry
By Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Aaron C. Mandelbaum
On December 2, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two new rulemakings in an ongoing effort to “further impair [China’s] capability to produce advanced-node…
China Law Insight
「両用品目輸出管理条例」の要点解説
By King & Wood
著者： 劉新宇 and 李佳 「両用品目輸出管理条例」（以下、「条例」という）が、国務院第41回常務委員会会議における可決（2024年9月18日）を経て2024年10月19日に公布され、同年12月1日から施行される予定である。この「条例」は、輸出管理法を更に徹底するものであり、発展と安全の総合的な均衡を図り、両用品目輸出管理における従来の実務の総括と国際的な経験に基づいて輸出管理の措置を整備し、国の安全と利益の維持のために制度的な支柱と法治による保障を与えることをその目的としている。本稿においては、全6章50条からなる「条例」の要点を解説し、企業の実務運用上の参考を提供するものとしたい。 Read More