The AI Compute Race Glossary Affiliates rule

Affiliates rule

What does “Affiliates rule” mean?

Affiliates rule

An American export rule that extends the Entity List’s license requirement to any company the listed firms own half of or more. It is also called the fifty-percent rule. Chapter 7.

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Where the book uses it

  • Chapter 7 — The Double Blockade

    Two governments deciding one trade: Washington’s export rules and Beijing’s instructions at the border, and what each did to the chip business it meant to shape.

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How to cite this page

Dryburgh, Lee S. “Affiliates rule.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/affiliates-rule (accessed 2026-11-01).

BibTeX

@misc{dryburgh-affiliates-rule-2026,
  author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
  title = {{Affiliates rule}},
  howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/affiliates-rule},
  note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}

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