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Semiconductor Export Controls Fragment: Nvidia H200 Licences Stall, Nexperia Splits and China Targets Japan

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 28 September 2026 China’s Commerce Ministry confirmed what Washington had announced a few days earlier: the US–China trade truce is extended by two months, to 10 January 2027. With it goes the pause on a US rule that would have extended chip export controls to companies majority-owned by listed Chinese firms.

Two months is the new unit of semiconductor policy. Rules are issued, suspended, licensed, frozen and extended on short timers, and each government runs its own clock. For a chip company, the problem in 2026 is four or five moving regimes that don’t line up.

Five Eyes Under Strain: Allies Limit Intelligence Sharing With Washington Case by Case

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The UKUSA agreement was signed in March 1946, between Britain and the United States. Canada joined in 1948, Australia and New Zealand in 1956. For most of the eighty years since, the arrangement now called Five Eyes has been the closest intelligence partnership between sovereign states anywhere. Raw signals intelligence moves between the five almost as if they were one service.

That still mostly holds. What changed in 2025 is the edges. Several allies now decide case by case what they hand to Washington, and Washington has started deciding case by case what it hands back.

A US Export Rule Split Nexperia in Two: Dutch Court Probe, Chinese Asset Freeze and a Deal With India's Tata

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 29 September 2025 the US Commerce Department extended its export controls to any company at least 50% owned by a listed entity. One of the companies caught was Wingtech, the Chinese owner of Nexperia, a Dutch maker of basic car chips. Within days the Dutch government had taken control of the company, and within a week China had blocked its exports. A year later, Nexperia is effectively two companies.