The Census Bureau emailed tips this week on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The U.S. hasn’t done enough to coordinate its China-related trade restrictions with U.S. allies, especially its semiconductor export controls, Craig Allen, head of the U.S.-China Business Council, told Biden administration officials this week.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee this week plans to mark up a bill that is intended to help the Bureau of Industry and Security control exports of artificial intelligence systems and other new national security-related technologies (see 2405100063).
Hong Kong and Peru last week concluded talks on a free trade deal and hope to soon “finish the few remaining issues” before formally signing an agreement later this year, Hong Kong’s Commerce and Economic Development Bureau said in a May 17 news release. The deal is expected to cover trade in goods and services, including e-commerce and “other related areas,” said Algernon Yau, Hong Kong’s commerce and economic development secretary. The two sides completed the negotiations on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial meetings in Arequipa, Peru.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has drafted an interim final rule that could update or clarify how export controls apply to releases of technology for standards setting or development in standards organizations. The agency sent the rule for interagency review May 17. BIS last issued updates to these controls in 2022, when it expanded an authorization for the release of controlled technology for certain standards-setting activities, including when companies on the Entity List are participating in those bodies (see 2209080038).
A Virginia-based technology company said it received warning letters from both the Bureau of Industry and Security and the Office of Foreign Assets Control after disclosing possible Russia-related sanctions violations to both agencies last year.
U.S. export controls may not be the best way to counter China’s legacy semiconductor industry, especially because the EU and other allies aren’t likely to adopt similar restrictions, researchers said this month. The researchers said they expect the U.S. to turn more frequently to entity-based controls -- including through the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Entity List -- and other national security tools to address risks relating to more mature-node chips.
The Bureau of Industry and Security has named Eric Beane deputy undersecretary, he announced May 17 on LinkedIn. Beane was most recently senior vice president of regulatory and government affairs at software company Unite Us, and served on Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's staff during her previous role as governor of Rhode Island.
U.S. companies doing business in Turkey should be “alert” about possible violations of U.S. antiboycott laws after Turkey announced a ban on trade with Israel earlier this month (see 2405030020), the Bureau of Industry and Security said.
The Bureau of Industry and Security should add several Chinese firms to its Entity List for helping China’s military and human rights violations, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., said May 13.