Overview
- Reuters and other outlets reported Wednesday that Commerce has not published more than 100 interagency-approved Entity List additions, including AI developer DeepSeek and memory-maker ChangXin Memory Technologies.
- The Entity List blocks most U.S. exports to named foreign firms without special licenses and is meant to cut off access to sensitive chips and software.
- U.S. officials have accused DeepSeek of aiding China’s military and intelligence services and trying to obtain advanced U.S. chips through Southeast Asian shell companies, and companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI say Chinese labs ran campaigns to extract capabilities from Western models.
- At least 75 of the approved-but-unpublished entities work in advanced semiconductor production, chipmaking equipment and AI modeling, and sources say Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler has sought since late 2025 to avoid publishing new Chinese listings to limit diplomatic fallout.
- Security experts warn the publication delay and the Commerce bureau’s unfinished AI-chip rule could let sensitive U.S. technology reach flagged firms and leave U.S. companies and allies facing sudden market and supply-chain disruption if the listings are activated.