China is imposing antidumping duties on imported polyformaldehyde copolymer, a type of engineering thermoplastic, from the U.S., the EU, Taiwan and Japan, according to a notice posted by the Chinese State Council Information Office. The duties took effect May 19 and will remain in place for five years. Rates range from 3.8% to 74.9%.

The Bureau of Industry and Security suspended the export privileges of six people after they were convicted of export-related offenses, including illegal shipments to companies owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch and the smuggling of firearms and engine parts to Mexico. The suspensions took effect from the date of their convictions.

Three House Republican lawmakers, including House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., asked Harvard University May 19 to provide all communications it has had since 2019 with entities “blacklisted” by the U.S. government.

Vice President JD Vance, meeting with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said that "of course, we have some disagreements on things like trade," but that he hopes their conversation "will be the beginning of some long-term trade negotiations and some long-term trade advantages between both Europe and the United States."

The Trump administration should make sure its replacement to the Biden-era AI diffusion rule (see 2505130018) allows U.S. companies to compete fairly with foreign firms, industry officials said at the Federal Communications Bar Association annual seminar last week.

The Bureau of Industry and Security quietly revised its announcement of new guidance on Huawei Ascend chips to remove language that said using those chips “anywhere in the world” is a violation of U.S. export controls.

The White House defended its new AI partnership framework with the United Arab Emirates, saying in a statement late May 16 that the agreement “will help ensure the global AI ecosystem will be built with American chips and use American models, all while guaranteeing significant UAE investments into the United States.”

The Bureau of Industry and Security is looking to continue moving away from proposed rulemakings and instead issue most new rules as interim final or final, said two people with knowledge of the agency’s plans.

The Center for a New American Security has named Kurt Campbell, former deputy secretary of state, and Anne Neuberger, former deputy national security adviser, to its board of directors. Both Campbell and Neuberger join CNAS after serving in the Biden administration. Campbell helped oversee U.S. efforts to reduce defense trade restrictions with Australia and the U.K. under the AUKUS partnership (see 2404030050 and 2409180025) and worked on Russia-related sanctions issues (see 2407300033).

The U.K. last week launched the Ministry of Defense security approval form 680 (F680) for its new online export licensing system. “This will allow applications for F680s to move away from the current system, SPIRE,” or the Shared Primary Information Resource Environment (see 2411080020).