Podcast #26: US Tech Export Controls, Sanctions Against Chinese Entities in 2020

January 07, 2021 | BY

Vincent Chow

China's military-civil fusion was a major target of U.S. sanctions and export controls in 2020. Chinese companies saw their access to U.S. technology severely restricted by the expanded extraterritoriality of export control rules as well as new lists compiled by various government agencies targetting specific Chinese military end-users.

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The Trump administration aggressively introduced new rules and amended existing rules to clamp down on Chinese access to U.S. technology, primarily through export controls and sanctions, throughout 2020. Wendy Wysong and Ali Burney discuss the impact of different lists compiled by the U.S. government on Chinese companies, the heightened focus on companies linked to the Chinese military, as well as the business community's response.