China Dual-Use Export Controls: Compliance Catch-22 for Korea and Global Supply Chains
A Jipyong law firm seminar (July 20) in Seoul highlighted the dual compliance risk now embedded in Chinese supply chains: complying with US sanctions on China may violate China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law. China's State Council Decree No. 839 (Mineral Resources Law, June 15) authorizes "countermeasures" against "discriminatory" foreign restrictions on critical minerals. Korean manufacturers face
BY FRONTIER DESK · JULY 23, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
A Jipyong law firm seminar (July 20) in Seoul highlighted the dual compliance risk now embedded in Chinese supply chains: complying with US sanctions on China may violate China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law. China's State Council Decree No. 839 (Mineral Resources Law, June 15) authorizes "countermeasures" against "discriminatory" foreign restrictions on critical minerals. Korean manufacturers face acute supply chain risk from Chinese critical mineral export controls, with stockpiling and domestic production underway. For multinationals operating at the US-China technology divide, the dual compliance catch-22 is no longer theoretical — it requires documented, jurisdiction-specific compliance protocols that accept legal exposure in one jurisdiction as a condition of compliance in the other.