Stéphane CHARDON

A critical report by Human Rights Watch on the application of controls on exports of cybersurveillance technologies - the debate is gaining momentum as we prepare the review the Dual-Use Regulation. hrw.org/news/2026/05/1…

Momentum is growing for another package of sanctions to intensify the pressure on Russia's economy, incl. the Military-Industrial Complex - watch that space! Putin’s shadow fleet faces fresh EU sanctions blitz politico.eu/article/russia…

The Commission just published in the OJ an updated Information Note on measures adopted by Member States under Regulation (EU) 2021/821 - important in particular for exporters to have full clarity about applicable rules throughout the EU data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/259…

Europe’s rearmament is colliding with a harsher geo-economic reality: tighter Chinese export controls and intensifying US–China competition. European defence companies are layering resilience measures, but stockpiling remains the backbone. Firms are combining diversification, long term contracting, material substitution, selective vertical integration and recycling, but the core short-term hedge against supply-chain disruptions is still inventory. Read the latest GSIS analysis: go.iiss.org/4tgrqCc Global Security and Innovation Summit | #GSISHamburg Hamburg, 9–10 December 2026 go.iiss.org/GSISHamburg

A good overview of China’s export controls and how these tools are gradually being used unilaterally and coercively to advance its national interests and to manage strategic competition. sipri.org/commentary/top…

A dangerous trend: Export restrictions on critical materials up fivefold since 2009, says OECD ft.com/content/275bb8… via @ft

A good overview of the sanctions under the 20 package, including the additional dual-use restrictions and the activation of the Anti-Circumvention Tool. customsmanager.info/post/20-rounds…

First time European companies are listed on China's Export Control List... lemonde.fr/en/internation…

EU and US launch strategic partnership on critical minerals. Among many actions, this provides for cooperation on third country restrictions on exports of critical minerals. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

For the first time, the EU is activating the “anti-circumvention tool” in response to the diversion of certain machine tools and telecommunication equipment imported from the EU through the Kyrgyz Republic for the manufacturing of drones and missiles in Russia.

and target 60s entities supporting Russia's military industrial complex or engaged in sanctions circumvention. This includes 32 entities established in Russia and 28 in third countries (China, including Hong Kong, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, and Thailand)...

EU adopts 20th package of sanctions against Russia ec.europa.eu/commission/pre… As regards dual-use export restrictions, the new package continues to expand export restrictions on items and technologies used for Russia's military effort...

Renewed momentum in the US for multilateral coordination of export controls raise questions for transatlantic relationships. csis.org/analysis/new-m…

Speaks for itself: European Chamber Sounds Alarm Over China’s Expanding Export Control Regime europeanchamber.com.cn/en/press-relea…

China flexes trade power with soaring use of export controls ft.com/content/a2d760… via @ft

A good piece on the "Technology and Export-Control Arms Races", disruptions caused by the offensive, undisciplined use of export controls as economic tools, and the development of a reformed plurilateral system csis.org/analysis/reini…

A thought-provoking analysis of "European cards against Chinese coercion", and call for a strategy of economic leverage and deterrence - incl. poss. export restrictions - as a precondition for Europe’s competitiveness agenda. ecfr.eu/publication/be… via @ecfr

Here a link to the debate in the European Parliament on export controls about whether the EU is properly managing the risks of dual-use exports to conflict-affected regions, in light of a study by Prof. Ian Stewart. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin…

how to turn things around: a study of the US-China "spiral of trade policy escalation" involving export control and tariffs that put the global economy at risk - and an optimistic call for negotiations and win-win cooperation.

A good paper on the use of trade as a geopolitical tool, and the need for Europe to relearn the language of power politics. The paper notes that Europe controls a number of critical chokepoints in global value chains that can be deployed as instruments of statecraft.