House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., reintroduced a bill April 14 that could lead to additional sanctions on China for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced a bill April 8 that would establish that Chinese companies sanctioned under one U.S. authority be automatically sanctioned under all other authorities.
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., introduced a bill April 14 that would increase sanctions and export controls on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The U.K. on April 14 added two entries to its Iran sanctions regime and amended entries under its Russia and global anti-corruption sanctions lists. Under the Iran sanctions regime, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation listed Rawa Majid and the Foxtrot Network. OFSI amended the entries for Paramount Energy & Commodities and its owner, Niels Oscar Troost. Under the global anti-corruption list, OFSI corrected the listing of Moldovan national Marina Tauber.
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The U.S. is likely to soon try to place export controls around open-source technologies, including technologies related to semiconductors and artificial intleligence, a geopolitical risk management consultant said.
Sean Carlesimo, a former State Department attorney-adviser, joined Miles & Stockbridge as a lawyer focusing on sanctions, export controls, foreign investment reviews and other international trade topics. Carlesimo left the State Department in March.
China’s recently published rules to further implement its anti-foreign sanctions law makes clear that Beijing could take legal action against anyone helping to implement a foreign sanction aimed at China, Wilmer Hale said in a recent client alert.
China’s Ministry of Commerce this month issued new FAQs about its dual-use export controls, including guidance on how exporters should determine whether an item is subject to China’s controls.
Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced a bill April 10 aimed at preventing the smuggling of U.S. artificial intelligence chips into China.