The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), expanding ‘Entity List’ to cover 80 additional entities (notably from China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Africa, Iran, Taiwan) so that they will be subject to export restrictions and additional licensing requirements on certain sensitive US-made technologies. The update, issued under the Export Control Reform Act, applies to entities involved in advanced computing, AI, quantum technologies, and military-related research across multiple target jurisdictions and who may engage in activities deemed contrary to US national security and foreign policy interests. The stated objectives of this update include: (1) “Restrict the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ability to acquire and develop high-performance and exascale computing capabilities, as well as quantum technologies, for military applications”; (2) “Impede China’s development of its hypersonic weapons program”; (3) “Prevent entities associated with the Test Flying Academy of South Africa (TFASA) from using U.S. items to train Chinese military forces”; (4) “Disrupt Iran’s procurement of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and related defense items”; and (5) “Impair the development of unsafeguarded nuclear activities and ballistic missile program”.
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