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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule prohibiting transactions involving the sale or import of connected vehicles or components integrating specific hardware and software linked to the PRC or Russia.
The final rule bans the import of VCS hardware or connected vehicles containing such hardware, as well as the import and sale of vehicles with VCS or ADS software linked to the PRC or Russia. VCS encompasses systems enabling external communication, such as telematics, Bluetooth, cellular, satellite, and Wi-Fi modules. ADS refers to components enabling highly autonomous vehicle operation without a driver.
The rule also prohibits manufacturers with a sufficient nexus to the PRC or Russia from selling new connected vehicles that incorporate VCS hardware or software or ADS software in the United States, even if the vehicle was made in the United States.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of 37 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, marking the largest expansion since the law’s enforcement began in 2022. The additions include globally recognized companies involved in mining critical minerals, producing solar modules, and manufacturing textiles.
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published its Memorandum of Understanding with the United Kingdom's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlines a framework for collaboration to strengthen their shared mission of enforcing and promoting compliance with economic and trade sanctions
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a proposed amendment to its regulations to strengthen oversight of low-value shipments valued at $800 or less. The proposed rule would establish a new process for entering low-value shipments under Section 321(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act. This process would enable CBP to collect enhanced electronic data to better identify high-risk shipments, including those potentially containing illicit drugs such as fentanyl, counterfeit goods, or other contraband.
The Biden Administration released its proposed "AI Diffusion Rule" monday morning, aiming to control exports of chips used for artificial intelligence. Quotas will restrict the number of chips to be exported to about 120 countries, while a short list of G-7 and other allied countries are exempt from restrictions. Sales to China, Iran, Russia & North Korea are blocked.
The limits focus on Advanced Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) used to train AI models. Cloud services providers like AWS and Microsoft will enjoy some waivers from the rules, in a material concession to the data center industry. Cloud providers will have geographic limits, ensuring no more than half their computing power resides offshore.
The US Trade Representative’s Office issed six policy papers on trade and investment policy initiatives that promote supply chain resilience. The policy papers address a trade policy framework for supply chain resilience; challenges and opportunities for advancing resilience in the US textile and apparel industries; use of rules of origin to promote resilience; how more effective responses to non-market policies and practices build resilience; data and analytics for developing resilience-oriented trade policy; and sectoral trade agreements for enhancing resilience.
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