President Joe Biden is nominating a Justice Department veteran from the Obama administration to oversee the enforcement of dual-use export controls at the Commerce Department as he seeks to limit China’s access to cutting-edge technology.
Matthew Axelrod is Biden’s pick for assistant secretary for export enforcement within the Bureau of Industry and Security, according to a person familiar with his plans, who asked not to be named because they haven’t yet been made public. Axelrod spent more than a decade at the Department of Justice, including time as the principal associate deputy attorney general, advising on top criminal and national-security issues.
