Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

New Capabilities

Administering and expanding export controls on Chinese semiconductor technology

In May 2019, the United States placed Huawei on an export blacklist, cutting the world's largest telecom equipment maker off from American chips, software, and chipmaking tools. Seven years later, Huawei launched its Mate 80 Pro smartphone globally from a stage in Madrid, powered entirely by a processor designed in-house and manufactured by China's largest chipmaker using equipment the US tried to deny it. The phone runs on HarmonyOS, an operating system Huawei built from scratch after losing access to Google's Android services.

Updated Feb 26

Rule Changes

Implementing connected vehicle restrictions

Chinese-made vehicles are being systematically excluded from Western military installations. Poland became the latest NATO member to ban them from all military bases on February 19, 2026, joining Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States in treating modern cars as potential intelligence collection platforms. The bans target the cameras, microphones, sensors, and connectivity features standard in contemporary vehicles—systems that can capture and transmit photos, audio, video, and geolocation data.

Updated Feb 19

Rule Changes

Administers export controls and Entity List rules governing ACM and Chinese chipmakers

Intel is racing to regain its chipmaking crown with a 14A process backed by billions in U.S. subsidies. In mid-December 2025, Reuters revealed the company had been test‑driving critical tools from ACM Research, a China‑rooted equipment maker whose Shanghai and Korean units sit on a U.S. export blacklist. The disclosure pulled a quiet engineering decision into the center of the U.S.–China tech war and deepened scrutiny of CEO Lip‑Bu Tan, whose venture firm invested in ACM years before he joined Intel.

Updated Jan 10

Rule Changes

The rule-writing and licensing engine for advanced chip export controls

The Trump administration just did the thing Washington has spent years swearing it wouldn’t do: let China buy a near-top-tier Nvidia AI chip again. Now a key China hawk in Congress is demanding the Commerce Department explain, in detail, why this isn’t a strategic own-goal.

Updated Dec 13, 2025