BIS softens export control rules around standards-setting activities

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security on Thursday changed the definition of a “standards-related activity” for export control purposes, excluding certain activities from requirements it says could limit U.S. leadership in international standards development. “The national security threat that results from ceding U.S. participation and leadership in standards development and promulgation far outweighs the risks related to the limited release of low-level technology and software to parties on the Entity List in the context of a ‘standards-related activity’...