The U.S. highlighted at the U.N. this week what it called North Korea's continued violations of sanctions violations and its attempted evasion of those measures, including through cryptocurrency, cybercrime, its deployments of information technology workers around the world, and more. The findings were outlined in a report from the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, a group formed to report on North Korea-related sanctions breaches (see 2410170003).

The U.S. this week sanctioned the Egyptian, Jordanian and Lebanese branches of the Muslim Brotherhood for their support of Hamas and terrorism, the Treasury and State departments announced. The State Department specifically labeled the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist, and it also applied the SDGT label to Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh, who Treasury said is the secretary general of the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood.

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The House voted 369-22 late Jan. 12 to pass the Remote Access Security Act, which aims to close a “loophole” that allows China to use cloud service providers to access advanced U.S. chips remotely.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is easing its license review policy for certain chip exports to China but requiring exporters to meet several pre-conditions, including by certifying that there is “sufficient supply” of the chip in the U.S. and that the chips will be subject to “rigorous” know your customer procedures.

A group of former DOJ officials this week launched the National Security Division Association, a membership organization for current and former employees of DOJ's National Security Division. ​Matthew Olsen, chief of the division during the Biden administration, said on LinkedIn that the nonpartisan, nonprofit group aims to "foster a community of current and former employees" of the NSD and support its mission and workforce. The group also will sponsor events.

The European Commission said this week that it's setting up a process by which Chinese electric vehicle exporters can agree to limit the number of EVs they ship to Europe and set minimum prices for those sales. The new limits and price “undertakings,” the result of discussions with China’s Ministry of Commerce, could lead to the removal of the EU’s countervailing duties on certain Chinese EVs (see 2506090007).

The State Department last week approved a possible military sale to Denmark worth $45 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. The sale includes "AGM-114R Hellfire Missiles" and related equipment, and the principal contractor would be Lockheed Martin Missile and Defense.

Qatar has signed the Pax Silica Declaration, an initiative led by the U.S. alongside Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the U.K., Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Australia to strengthen the silicon supply chain (see 2512160019), the State Department announced this week.

The State Department is accepting applications for its Defense Export Controls and Compliance System 2026 User Group, which will provide feedback to the agency on DECCS functionality and suggest potential improvements. The agency’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls will appoint 50 industry volunteers to the user group, all of whom must be enrolled with DECCS and represent companies, government agencies or third-party organizations involved in defense trade. Member terms will last one year. Applicants should email PM_DDTCProjectTeam@state.gov by the close of business on Jan. 23 with their name and company or government affiliation.