According to unofficial press reports, the Chinese government may have issued a regulation fully prohibiting the export

According to unofficial press reports, the Chinese government may have issued a regulation fully prohibiting the export of dual-use goods and technologies to 10 US companies. However, as of this writing, no publication has been found on the official Ministry of Commerce website or the official gazette. The information should be considered preliminary. Among the mentioned companies are firms from the rare earth sector.

China has a legal framework for export controls that allows restricting the sale of dual-use products, software, and technologies. Updating the entity list is a foreign policy tool reflecting tensions with the United States. In the past, China has included entities from several countries, always with an official publication. This potential measure occurs amid the technology war over semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals.