The U.S. government on Wednesday added 80 entities to the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security's Entity List, reports the New York Times. The expansion of the list is designed to prevent or slow down the use of American technologies in China to improve its economic and military capabilities, and closes a critical loophole that allowed subsidiaries to dodge sanctions. China's advancements in AI, exascale supercomputing, quantum computing technology, and hypersonic weapons are named the main points of concern, reports Nikkei.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's BIS has added 80 new organizations from China, Taiwan, the UAE, South Africa, Iran, and other countries to the Entity List for actions it deemed harmful to U.S. national security and foreign policy. Twelve organizations (11 in China, one in Taiwan) were involved in AI and supercomputing tied to China's military. Seven Chinese entities were involved in quantum tech development for military use, and two Chinese companies supplied restricted components to blacklisted Huawei and HiSilicon, according to the BIS. Other entities assisted China's military and nuclear programs in one way or another, or supplied U.S. parts to China or Iran.
