Companies should expect new export controls from both the U.S. and China to “remain frequent and volatile,” especially around advanced technologies and critical minerals, Eversheds Sutherland said in a client alert this month. The firm pointed to U.S. controls on certain chip equipment in December (see 2412020016) followed by China’s response, which included new export restrictions on certain key critical minerals and other dual-use items being shipped to the U.S. for military uses (see 2412030022).

The new artificial intelligence export control framework introduced by the U.S. earlier this month could create diplomatic issues with Europe and force some European nations to diversify away from U.S. chips, a former U.S. official and a European policy researcher said this week.

The U.S. should prevent China from obtaining American technology it can use to advance its artificial intelligence capabilities, Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick said Jan. 29.

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House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., said Jan. 28 that the U.S. should place stronger export controls on technologies critical to the infrastructure of an advanced new Chinese artificial intelligence model.

A new report from the National Bureau of Asian Research analyzes how Beijing may seek to use its export control authorities and how those moves will impact U.S. supply chains.

Years after the U.S. first imposed trade restrictions against Huawei, the government’s strategy to restrain the Chinese technology company remains unclear, technology policy experts said this week.

President Donald Trump last week revoked the Biden administration’s 2023 executive order on artificial intelligence, which could have ramifications for recent AI-related export controls issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security.

Although the Bureau of Industry and Security's new artificial intelligence export control framework published earlier this month is “promising,” it also lacks flexibility and omits some key U.S. allies, the Rand think tank said in a new report.

The Trump administration should look to negotiate new types of economic and trade deals that are centered on economic security issues, such as export controls and investment screening measures, the Center for a New American Security said in a new report this week. The think tank also called on President Donald Trump to create an economic security strategy, which should outline avenues to strengthen export control enforcement.