US’ export-control licensing regime costs billions in lost exports, with items ‘already available in China’ from variety of other suppliers
2-MIN READ2-MINNayan Sethin WashingtonPublished: 12:38am, 12 Aug 2026Updated: 12:39am, 12 Aug 2026The Trump administration’s export-control licensing regime is achieving little strategic benefit while costing the United States billions of dollars in lost exports and undermining American companies’ global market share, according to a new business survey.“Months-long licensing delays are costing the United States billions of dollars in exports and eroding American market share globally,” the US-China Business Council (USCBC) found in a flash survey of companies conducted in July.
