February 13, 2025
Commerce outlines business costs for compliance with ICT supply chain rule
The Commerce Department has released an analysis of the costs businesses could face in trying to comply with a controversial supply chain interim final rule for the information and communications technology sector, providing wide-ranging estimates depending on different business considerations. The rule named China a “foreign adversary” and laid the groundwork for Commerce to ban transactions involving ICT and services from China and others. The “ Regulatory Impact Analysis ” breaks down administrative costs into four areas: learning about the...
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