evidence: · Expanding license requirements for semiconductor manufacturing equipment to apply to additional countries beyond the PRC and Macau, to 21 other countries for which the U.S. maintains an arms embargoes. [...] The AC/S IFR retains the licensing requirements for the PRC (including Hong Kong and Macau) imposed in the October 7, 2022, rule and makes several updates: [...] · Establishes a worldwide licensing requirement for any company that is headquartered in Macau or a destination subject to the U.S. arms embargo (including the PRC), or whose ultimate parent company is headquartered in those countries, to prevent firms from countries of concern from securing controlled chips through their foreign subsidiaries and branches.