Since the Cold War, governments including the United States have used trade restrictions to prevent or regulate the flow of advanced semiconductor technologies to potential rivals. China has been the ...

The U.S. government built an export-control wall around advanced semiconductors starting in October 2022, aiming to deny China access to cutting-edge chips and the equipment needed to make them. A ...

The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a new rule that expands export control restrictions to any entities that are majority-owned (at least 50 percent) by ...

Export controls are a critical instrument of U.S. national security policy, designed to prevent adversaries from acquiring technologies that could enhance military capabilities or undermine global ...

In 2025, the US Department of Commerce led Washington’s technology offensive against China, but in 2026 it finds itself recalibrating as the White House prioritises stable trade talks ahead of US ...

As drones have grown in importance to the modern battlefield, the regulatory frameworks governing their export have become more and more outdated. The most consequential military innovation of the ...

Data centers, their customers, and their suppliers find themselves on the front lines of national security laws, expected to maintain US national security guardrails through risk-based compliance and ...

Lawmakers recently introduced the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware Act (MATCH Act). This bill proposes extending and coordinating U.S. export restrictions on semiconductor ...

On FDD Action’s latest Secure Line briefing call, experts Craig Singleton and Ryan Fedasiuk assessed why U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips and chipmaking equipment are one of the most ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) listens as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House during an event on "Investing in America" on April 30, 2025 in ...

China’s Ministry of Commerce warned that US chip export legislation would “severely disrupt” global semiconductor supply chains, responding to the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s April 22 markup of ...