Punitive actions taken by the US for the sale of sensitive technology to China have soared this year as agencies policing such transactions have expanded their reach, a Commerce Department official said on Wednesday, in a hearing where the department was pushed to identify more technologies subject to export controls.
Investigations by the department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) into China-related transactions have resulted in 226 months of prison time, US$1,858,000 in criminal fines, and US$4,048,000 in civil penalties so far this year, the bureau’s acting undersecretary Jeremy Pelter said in a hearing before a congressional advisory panel.
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