U.S. Formally Suspends Sweeping Export Control Rule for One Year After China Trade Talks
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The U.S. has temporarily halted a sweeping export control rule, which had vastly expanded trade blacklist restrictions and swept in thousands of Chinese firms.
In an announcement Monday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said it would pause its so-called 50% ownership rule designed to limit exports to entities that are majority owned by blacklisted companies until Nov. 9, 2026.
Introduced on Sept. 30, the 50% ownership rule automatically applied the same export control restrictions to any firm at least 50% owned by an entity on the U.S.’ Entity List.
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- The U.S. paused its 50% ownership export control rule, which had expanded restrictions from 1,000 to nearly 20,000 Chinese entities, until November 9, 2026.
- The suspension is part of a U.S.-China agreement to halt retaliatory trade measures for one year.
- The rule notably impacted Nexperia, a Dutch firm owned by China’s Wingtech, leading to asset freezes and shipment suspensions until exemptions were granted.
- Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd.
- 根據文章內容，聞泰科技股份有限公司（Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd.）是一家中國公司，全資擁有荷蘭半導體公司Nexperia Holding BV。它被列入美國的實體清單，這意味著它將受到美國出口管制規則的限制。由於美國50%所有權規則的影響，Nexperia遭遇資產和人員變動被凍結的情況。
- Nexperia Holding BV
- Nexperia Holding BV, a Dutch semiconductor firm, is wholly owned by China's Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd., which is on the U.S. Entity List. The U.S.'s now-halted "50% ownership rule" affected Nexperia, causing Dutch authorities to freeze asset and personnel changes. Following U.S.-China trade talks, exemptions for export control on China-made Nexperia chips for civilian applications were granted.
- September 30, 2025：
- The U.S. introduced the 50% ownership rule, automatically applying export control restrictions to any firm at least 50% owned by an entity on the U.S. Entity List.
- Early October 2025：
- China announced retaliatory trade measures in response to U.S. trade actions.
- Late October 2025：
- U.S. President Donald Trump reached an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kuala Lumpur to halt the 50% ownership rule for one year in exchange for Beijing’s suspension of its retaliatory measures for one year.
- Before November 10, 2025：
- The Dutch authorities froze asset and personnel changes at Nexperia Holding BV due to compliance and internal governance concerns related to the 50% ownership rule.
- November 9, 2025：
- China’s Ministry of Commerce granted exemptions to export control on China-made Nexperia chips for civilian applications.
- November 10, 2025：
- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security announced a pause on the 50% ownership rule until November 9, 2026.
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