Tit for tat export controls

On the one-year anniversary of game-changing US export controls on semiconductors, the US issues another set of rules. The rules are more calibrated than last year’s says Rishi Iyengar in Foreign Policy. Law firm Akin provides details of the rule changes in a new brief. The US is expecting to drastically change the chip-making landscape over the next five years, writes Nikkei Asia. In retaliation, China has issued new restrictions on graphite exports, per the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The Wire China reports on China’s grip on global graphite resources.

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Biden Turns a Few More Screws on China’s Chip Industry – Rishi Iyengar, Foreign Policy, October 19, 2023
The US chooses to wield “a scalpel over a sledgehammer” in issuing additional export controls.
Commerce Imposes Significant New Controls on Advanced Semiconductors – Akin Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Practice Group, October 24, 2023
The legal details of new US export controls on advanced chips.
U.S. eyes 5-year timeline for China chip decoupling – Nikkei Asia, October 27, 2023
The US envisions a changed competitive landscape in chip production in five years’ time.
China’s New Graphite Restrictions – Emily Benson and Thibault Denamiel, Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 23, 2023
On October 20, China retaliated with new export controls on graphite, a key input for EVs.
China’s Graphite Grip – Eliot Chen, The Wire China, August 6, 2023
What resources can the US develop to compensate for China’s graphite controls?