Department Of Commerce Adopts Final Rule Restricting Tech And Telecom Supply Chain Transactions With Foreign Adversaries

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), issued its much anticipated Final Rule under Executive Order 13873, Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (EO 13873), on December 5, 2024. The Final Rule formalizes the federal government's framework for identifying, reviewing, and prohibiting transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) that may pose undue or unacceptable risks to U.S. national security, critical infrastructure, or the safety of U.S. persons. Unless the Department of Commerce changes course after the Trump administration begins or Congress "disapproves" the Final Rule, the new regulation will become effective February 4, 2025.