Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Department of Commerce Restricted Access to Anthropic’s Latest Models. What Comes Next?

On June 12, the Department of Commerce imposed export controls on Anthropic’s latest models, causing abrupt disruptions in ...

U.S. closes loophole on Nvidia AI chip exports to Chinese firms

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security clarified that export license rules apply to Chinese-headquartered ...
JD Supra

At Long Last, BIS Relaxes Export Controls for Syria

After a three month wait, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has finally caught up with the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ...
techtimes

BIS Closed China AI Chip Loophole: Trump Officials Dispute Whether Gap Ever Existed

The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security closed what experts called a major compliance gap on May 31, 2026, issuing a rare weekend guidance notice confirming that export licenses ...
JD Supra

BIS Amends the Export Administration Regulations to Authorize Certain Exports to Syria, Following OFAC’s Termination of the Syria Sanctions Program

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule on August 28, easing export controls for Syria (the “BIS Rule”) under the Export Administration ...
Reuters

$252 million BIS settlement: Export controls and cross-agency trade enforcement remain priority

April 21, 2026 - On February 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") announced a $252.5 million settlement with Applied Materials Inc. to resolve ...