The foreign direct product rule represents a key US innovation in asserting extraterritorial jurisdiction over allied and other nations' technologies when those technologies are based on or derived from American tools or manufacturing equipment.

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Scott Kennedy

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the US has begun to assert extraterritorial jurisdiction over um our allies and others whose own technologies are in part based on using American tools...the foreign direct product rule, which is one ex- uh way in which extraterritorial jurisdiction is imposed

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Are Export Controls Working? Field Notes from China’s AI FrontlinesAsia Society
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:23:42 PM

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