In an interim final rule
published on October 13, 2022, the US Commerce
Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced
sweeping amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
that impose new controls designed to arrest advanced computing and
semiconductor manufacturing development by the People's
Republic of China.
The controls include new item-based and end-use controls
covering advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs),
supercomputer components, and semiconductor manufacturing
equipment; new foreign direct product rules restricting the
provision to China of items made using US-origin components and
technology; and new restrictions on “US person[s]”
concerning items that are not themselves subject to the EAR and
certain support activities that BIS has not traditionally
regulated.
