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Export controls, Entity List actions and chip policy, explained with primary documents.
U.S. semiconductor export controls on China changed direction in 2026. After three years of tightening, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Jan. 15 opened a path to license Nvidia’s H200 and similar AI chips for Chinese buyers, under conditions and with a 25% U.S….
China’s critical-mineral export controls have become Beijing’s most direct form of economic leverage over the United States and its allies. Since 2023 China’s commerce ministry, MOFCOM, has put gallium, germanium, graphite, antimony, tungsten and seven heavy rare earths under export licensing,…
Rare earth export controls and the US-China truce to Jan. 10, 2027: what China’s licensing does, what the summit left open and the deadlines ahead.
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