The UAE Joins United States' Closest Export Control Partners: Key Tak…

The United States has upgraded the UAE to its most favourable export control tier (Country Group A:5), effective immediately, removing end-use restrictions on advanced semiconductors, AI chips, and unmanned aerial systems. Approved UAE entities and U.S. AI company subsidiaries in the UAE can now receive exports under License Exception STA without individual licensing. If you're shipping AI chips or advanced semiconductors, the UAE just became a licenceable market without the two-year wait—but only if you're on an approved-entity list or a U.S. AI company subsidiary operating there. Apply now or your competitors get in first.