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Secretary of Commerce Ross announced the Entity List additions on Friday, May 22, 2020, via separate press releases, citing 24 of the entities for “represent [ing] a significant risk of supporting procurement of items for military end-use in China,” and the remaining 9 entities for … The United States has added 11 more Chinese companies into its entity list for their alleged involvement in repressing Uyghur Muslims and other Muslim ethnic minorities within China…
On June 5, 2020, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published: (1) a final rule adding nine Chinese entities to the Entity List (the “XUAR Designees”), and (2) a final rule adding twenty four entities located in China, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands to the Entity List (the “Military Designees”)..
WASHINGTON/BEIJING -- The U.S. will add China General Nuclear Power Group, the country's biggest state-owned nuclear company, to its "entity list," the Department of Commerce said Tuesday. The above-mentioned Chinese enterprises listed on the "Entity List" will be further restricted by the U.S. Department of Commerce on the grounds of the Export Administration Regulations to conduct business, export, import or re-export of products or services with the United States side. Approach to Mitigating National Security Concerns The issuance of the Supply Chain E.O. On August 14, 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department added China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and three of its affiliates, China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC), China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd., and Suzhou Nuclear Power Research Institute Co. Ltd., to the Commerce Department’s “Entity List.” The eight listed Chinese commercial firms — Dahua Technology, Hikvision, IFLYTEK, Megvii Technology, Sense Time, Xiamen Meiya Pico Information Co. Ltd., Yitu Technologies and Yixin Science and Technology Co. Ltd. — are alleged to provide the Chinese government with human surveillance technologies. Moreover, BIS imposed a license review policy of “presumption of denial” for each of the newly-designated entities. October 15, 2019. On May 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 33 Chinese entities and research institutions to its prohibited “Entity List.”. Today, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce announced that it will add 28 Chinese governmental and commercial organizations to the Entity List for engaging in or enabling activities contrary to the foreign policy interests of the United States. The Today, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce announced that it will add 28 Chinese governmental and commercial organizations to the Entity List for engaging in or enabling activities contrary to the foreign policy interests of the United States. Understanding the Entities Listing in the Context of U.S.-China AI Competition. Organizations or persons who violate U.S. export control rules — as defined under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) — are subject to criminal penalties and administrative sanctions. If BIS determines that such legally distinct entity is acting as an agent, front, or shell company for the listed entity in order to circumvent the restrictions imposed by the Entity List, then the companies doing business with affiliates of newly-designated entities may violate the EAR and General Prohibition 10 if they sell, transfer, export, reexport, finance, order, buy, remove, conceal, store, use, loan, dispose of, transport, forward, or otherwise service, in whole or in part, any item subject to the EAR and exported or to be exported with the knowledge that a violation has occurred or is about to occur. Export compliance continues to be complicated for companies involved in business with China. On 1 August 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
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