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US moves closer to expanding tech export controls list as competition with China for future technology builds
- Commerce Department moves closer in seeking industry input to identify, define and set criteria for technology that will be subject to export controls
- The list is part of the Trump administration’s ramped-up efforts to control tech exports as competition with China over next-generation tech heats up
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The US moved closer to completing a public comment period on finalising a list of technologies critical to American national security that will be subject to stringent export control rules.
The list is part of the Trump administration’s ramped-up efforts to control tech exports as competition with China over next-generation tech heats up.
The initial proposals for emerging tech and foundational tech were announced in 2018, at the time when the US started cracking down on Chinese smartphone and 5G tech giants Huawei Technologies and ZTE.
But the process to redefine the list has been slow to strike a delicate balance of safeguarding national security while avoiding depressing foreign investment and domestic innovation in the industry.
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The Commerce Department has sought industry input since August 27 on how to identify, define and set criteria for “foundational technologies” that historically have not been subject to such rules. The deadline for public comment was extended by two weeks until November 9.
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