Commerce Puts Tighter Export Controls On New Technologies

Law360 (October 2, 2020, 6:01 PM EDT) — The U.S. Department of Commerce tightened export controls on six developing technologies in a rule issued Friday, targeting tools used to make integrated circuits and microprocessors, and certain hacking tools and surveillance software.

The final rule implements multilateral controls on recently developed, or developing, technologies that were agreed to at a December 2019 meeting of signatories to the Wassenaar Arrangement, an international agreement covering export controls for certain weapons and dual-use technologies that have both military and civilian uses.

“The United States’ implementation of WA list changes ensures that U.S. companies have a level playing field with their competitors in other…

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