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Big Fines Coming for US Export Violations, Says Ex-commerce Official, as China Sales Probed

1 March 2025 5:20 AM
BCI 24 News Network

The U.S. Commerce Department is likely to impose hefty fines on companies in the coming months for illegally shipping technology to customers in countries like China, a top department official who left last month said on Thursday.
Matthew Axelrod, as Commerce’s assistant secretary for export enforcement during the Biden administration, pushed for tougher penalties against companies that violated export controls on China, Russia and Iran.
He signed off on a $300 million penalty on Seagate Technology in 2023 for shipping 7 million hard drives to China’s Huawei, which is on the U.S. Commerce Department Entity List that restricts sending U.S. goods and services to the company because of its risks to national security….