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United States of America: US Administration imposes export restrictions on advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items to China

Announcement

07 Oct 2022

In October 2022, the US Administration announced restrictions on China to limit their access to certain high-end chips.

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Number of interventions

2

2 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

07 Oct 2022

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 07 Oct 2022
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force
On 7 October 2022, the Department of Commerce announced introducing new restrictions to limit the ability of China to develop certain high-end chips used in military applications. For this purpose, th...
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Announced: 07 Oct 2022
Export licensing requirement In force
On 7 October 2022, the Department of Commerce announced introducing new export controls on advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items to China. These restrictions are imposed to restrict...
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