Foreign Adversary Rule to Be Paused by Rule Freeze

A 60-day freeze on pending rules, announced by the White House on Jan. 20, will temporarily halt the Bureau of Industry and Security push for new controls on technologies and activities that may be supporting foreign military-intelligence end-uses and end-users in China, Cuba, Russia, Venezuela and other “terrorist-supporting” countries. The changes were to take effect March 16 (see 2101140035). If the Biden administration decides the rule is in line with their enforcement priorities, the rule could go forward later this year.