CRS Report Looks at China's Export Control Law

China’s new export control law (see 2010190033), which takes effect Dec. 1, appears to create a Chinese “counterweight” to U.S. export controls over dual-use technologies and includes provisions for “retaliatory action and extraterritorial jurisdiction,” the Congressional Research Service said in an Oct. 26 report. China may use the new law to impose controls against specific U.S. companies, on technologies the U.S. controls or on items in which China has “niche advantages or control over certain elements of global technology supply chains.” While the new law presents risks for the U.S., it could also backfire by driving the U.S. to work closer with partners on multilateral controls and licensing practices to better counter China, the CRS said. The report summarizes the law and its definitions and includes a catalog of newly controlled technologies released by China in August.