Researchers: Export Control Harmonization Bill Could Aid With New Plurilateral Regime

The STRIDE Act, pending House approval, would require the US State Department to coordinate semiconductor export controls with allies and establish a plurilateral regime covering chip equipment and upstream inputs like photoresists and specialty gases. Researchers argue this creates a 'CoCom 2.0' framework that harmonises controls across democracies whilst reducing regulatory friction and closing circumvention gaps that currently allow Chinese access to controlled materials.

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