In a world of globalized supply chains, enforcing export controls is also a globalized effort. On August 24, Taiwan charged nine individuals in a scheme to smuggle Super Micro servers containing Nvidia AI chips to China. The servers were shipped to Taiwanese subsidiaries ostensibly for domestic use, then diverted to China, both directly and transshipped through Japan, Hong Kong, or Indonesia. However, while this action violated U.S. export restrictions, it did not violate Taiwan’s.
