Reuters reported the U.S. administration has held off placing Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged as potential national-security risks onto the Commerce Department’s Entity List. The Entity List restricts access to U.S. technology and exports.
According to the report, an interagency committee cleared these firms for inclusion last year, but the Commerce Department has not implemented the additions. The list has not been updated in nearly eight months, since October — the longest gap between updates in over a decade.
Edited by: Tenzin Norzom
First published: Jun 17, 2026 6:19 AM IST