Commerce levies controls on quantum, semiconductor tech, with new exception for partners

By Brett Fortnam / September 6, 2024 at 7:00 AM
The Commerce Department on Thursday issued a new round of export controls on advanced quantum, semiconductor and additive manufacturing technologies that includes a novel license exception for countries deemed to have comparable controls. Cooperation within three of the four multilateral export control regimes in which the U.S. participates has been hampered since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Russia is a member of those three regimes, most notably the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and...

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