export controls

China has placed 14 European entities on an export control list, cutting off access to dual-use technologies in a direct response to recent EU sanctions.

Japan is overhauling its intelligence and export compliance frameworks following reports that foreign actors are using the country to procure restricted dual-use technology.

By forcing a hard decoupling of semiconductor and aerospace markets, Western sanctions have inadvertently accelerated domestic Chinese innovation across critical engineering sectors. This constraint-driven development has yielded entirely sanction-proof components for foreign militaries and bypassed