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The White House has announced a one-year suspension of the Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) new Affiliates Rule, but its scope remains unclear. As of November 3, 2025, BIS has not issued a rule or guidance formalizing the suspension. Exporters should continue preparing for compliance while monitoring forthcoming BIS action expected by November 10, 2025.

BIS’s new “Affiliates Rule” marks a major expansion of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), extending export restrictions to entities owned 50% or more by those on the Entity List, MEU List, or certain SDNs—even if not listed themselves. The rule also introduces a new diversion-risk Red Flag, imposes strict-liability exposure, and creates enhanced ownership and due-diligence obligations for exporters and related parties.

Hdeel Abdelhady discussed the Trump Administration’s TikTok sale framework with the BBC News.

Hdeel Abdelhady discussed at ACAMS U.S. export controls on semiconductors and other technology and items to Russia, and U.S. and foreign financial institutions’ compliance obligations.

MassPoint Principal Hdeel Abdelhady analyzes Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel’s CFIUS challenge in Law360, examining key questions of presidential authority to prohibit foreign investment on national security grounds.