Raimondo: BIS ‘backfill’ Entity List adds further proof of success checking Russia

The U.S. is aggressively enforcing export controls geared toward hampering Russia, adding entities in China and elsewhere that have supplied the Russian military to the Commerce Department’s Entity List and pledging continued vigilance of such “backfill attempts,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday. Speaking at a Bureau of Industry and Security conference, Raimondo flagged the Entity List additions – announced on Tuesday – as part of Biden administration efforts to work with allies to “act swiftly to hold parties...