On January 16, 2025, the US Commerce Departmentās Bureau of Industry and Security (āBISā) issued an interim final rule (āIFRā) related to advanced computing integrated circuits (āICsā) designed to protect US national security and assist foundries and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (āOSATā) companies in complying with provisions of the US Export Administrations Regulations (āEARā). The IFR builds on previous waves of semiconductor export controls published in October 2022, October 2023, April 2024, and December…
On January 16, 2025, the US Commerce Departmentās Bureau of Industry and Security (āBISā) published an interim final rule (the “IFR”) revising the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to impose new controls on certain biotechnology equipment and related technology. As stated in the IFR, the new controls are necessary to protect against US national security and foreign policy interests “given the dual-use nature and relevance of specific biotechnology equipment to contribute to the research and development…
Shortly after taking the oath of office today, newly inaugurated President Trump signed a flurry of Executive Orders (āEOsā) and other executive actions. This include several actions related to US sanctions and export controls. Authority to Designate Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations or Specially Designated Global Terrorists Trump signed an EO Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. This EO creates a legal authority to designate certain international…
On November 26, 2024, the US Commerce Departmentās Bureau of Industry and Security (āBISā) issued a final rule (āFinal Ruleā) imposing new licensing requirements on exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to and within Pakistan of certain items identified on the Commerce Control List (āCCLā) that are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (āEARā). This expansion of controls is intended to address BISā concern that certain CCL items that are not currently controlled for Pakistan have…