affiliates rule

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule which will suspend BIS’s recently enacted Affiliates Rule effective as of November 10, 2025 and continuing through November 9, 2026.  The Trump Administration committed to make this change as part of its Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China

On October 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule adding 29 total entries to the Entity List, including 26 entities and three addresses. The entities and addresses are located in China (19 entries), Turkey (9 entries), and the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) (1 entry) and