Nelson Dong

Dec 10, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Nelson Dong |Justin Huff |T. Lo

On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) adopted yet another round of amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to curb advances by the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and advanced semiconductor design and production.[1] These EAR amendments aim to impede China’s ability to develop an indigenous semiconductor manufacturing base and to prevent the PRC from applying such key technologies...

Oct 3, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Nelson Dong |Justin Huff |T. Lo

In a notice published on September 9, 2024, announcing a proposed rule and request for comment (“Proposed Rule”), the U.S. Department of Commerce called for new reporting requirements for the development of certain advanced artificial intelligence (“AI”) dual-use foundation models and computing clusters used to train such AI models.

Sep 18, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Nelson Dong |Justin Huff |T. Lo

On Friday, September 13, 2024, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced its final modifications to the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese-origin goods. USTR will keep all of the proposed tariff increases, including higher tariffs on many categories of medical products. Most of these tariff increases are to take effect on September 27, 2024, but some increases will be deferred until January 1, 2025, or January 1, 2026.

Sep 13, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Nelson Dong |Justin Huff |T. Lo

On September 6, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in the U.S. Commerce Department issued an interim final rule (“IFR”)[1] under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to add new export controls on semiconductor, quantum computing, and additive manufacturing items for national security and foreign policy reasons. The IFR’s effective date was September 6, 2024, subject to certain exceptions.

Sep 6, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Nelson Dong |Justin Huff |T. Lo

As Russia continues its war against Ukraine and Ukraine has itself recently opened a new front by capturing Russian territory in its Kursk region, the United States announced on August 23 its latest tranche of sanctions against entities and individuals, both in Russia and in a number of other countries across the Middle East, Europe and Asia (particularly in China).