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House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Mich) is pressing for continuing the panel in the next Congress, while Democrats who will control the chamber next year are arguing over its future. Democrats are expected to step up scrutiny on China in the 120th Congress, especially given recent reports that Beijing has been able to acquire advanced chips despite US export controls. But some Democrats are arguing that the select committee’s portfolio is redundant with the jurisdictions of existing committees like Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means.
The European Court of Auditors warned on November 10 that differences in how EU member states check shipments and apply sanctions create opportunities for restricted goods to pass through …
The actions target a major funding source for North Korea’s weapons programs while exposing a widening threat to software supply chains. Authorities have frozen more than $2.7 billion linked to the Binance theft, but the separate FaceStealer campaign shows how hackers exploit trusted professional relationships to steal cryptocurrency and gain access to open-source software repositories.
Thomas Corcoran helped write the rules of modern Washington, then built a practice helping clients deal with the government that enforced them. More than eighty years later, the firm that bears his name faces a different challenge: clients still need to know what the rules require, but increasingly want to know whether the government will apply them as expected.
Further restrictions are reportedly approaching. Multinationals must distinguish ordinary employee use of AI from access to controlled computing and technical information.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has extended 178 exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods through January 9, 2027. The action preserves 164 exclusions for specified industrial, medical, consumer, and other products, along with 14 exclusions for solar manufacturing equipment. In a separate action, USTR extended for two months the suspension of fees on certain maritime transport services and additional duties on Chinese ship-to-shore cranes and other cargo-handling equipment.
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