EXPORT CONTROL

The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an interim final rule making certain items subject to the Export Administration Regulations and imposing a licence requirement for the export and re-export of those items to all destinations except Canada. This rule is effective as of 6 January and comments on it are due by 6 March. More

The US President signed into law two pieces of legislation on 27 November 2019 that require the US government to annually certify whether Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous from mainland China as to continue to warrant separate treatment under US law, and prohibit exports of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force and Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force. The likely impacts are potentially multi-fold but difficult to predict. More

The Bureau of Industry and Security has added 28 mainland Chinese entities, including eight technology firms, to the U.S. Entity List, sharply limiting their ability to do business with entities in the United States. The listed entities include two video surveillance companies along with four firms developing artificial intelligence. More

The State Department has issued a final rule making two changes to category XI on the U.S. Munitions List. First, effective 30 August this rule excludes from the USML certain lower-performing radars, including in driver-assisted and self-driving ground vehicles and in detect-and-avoid systems for autonomous aerial systems. More