Malaysia's Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry issued Directive No. 1/2025 on 14 July 2025, imposing controls on export, transshipment, and transit of high-performance AI chips (GPUs, TPUs, neural processors) under a catch-all mechanism tied to WMD proliferation concerns. The directive, modeled on US EAR categories, requires 30-day advance notification to MITI and permit approval if chips may be used in restricted activities; it captures both US-origin and non-US chips, though enforcement scope for non-WMD uses remains unclear. This extends the geographic footprint of export controls on advanced semiconductors beyond US and allied countries, creating compliance complexity for international chip supply chains and potentially reducing fungible chip availability to non-Western actors.
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