Megaspeed entity list follow-up: agencies deflect blame, Commerce touts smuggling crackdowns
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-11-11
Follow-up on the Megaspeed entity list story: screenshots show the Pentagon deflecting to Commerce, Energy deferring to the White House, and Treasury/State declining or not responding — a game of hot potato. Commerce wouldn't comment on Megaspeed but says it has "enforced aggressively across the board," with six investigations producing criminal charges against 17 defendants over billions of dollars of smuggled chips.
Related event: US Commerce Dept Stalls on Adding Megaspeed to Entity List(2 posts)→
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