National Security
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Multilateral Cooperation on Export Controls Is Priority, U.S. Commerce Official Says
During a hearing at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on
September 8, a U.S. Commerce Department official said that multilateral
cooperation is more important than unilateral use of export controls, especially
in the context of the “foreign direct product rule.”
Speaking on the Administration Views
China Issues Its First Personal Information Protection Law
On August 20, China’s Standing Committee of National People’s Congress passed the nation’s first Personal Information Protection Law (个人信息保护法) (PIPL) (informal English version here). It is modeled after the Europe Union's General Data Protection Regulation, and has been called by some western media “one of
National Security and International Competition in Semiconductors: YMTC and the Commerce Department's Entity List
In a July 12 letter [http://docs.chinatrademonitor.com/mccaul-ymtc.pdf] to
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senator
Bill Hagerty (R-TN) argued that Chinese semiconductor maker Yangtze Memory
Technologies Company (YMTC) should be included on the Commerce Department's
Entity List
[https://www.bis.doc.
Canadian Spy Agency Director Calls China "A Direct Threat" to National Security
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director David Vigneault, during a
public speech
[https://www.canada.ca/en/security-intelligence-service/news/2021/02/remarks-by-director-david-vigneault-to-the-centre-for-international-governance-innovation.html]
on February 9, identified the Government of China as “a direct threat to our
national security and sovereignty.”
During a speech to the Centre for International Governance
Xiaomi Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Designation as Communist Chinese Military Company
The Chinese electronics company Xiaomi and three individuals associated with it
have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
challenging the U.S. government’s designation of Xiaomi as a Communist Chinese
military company and the resulting restrictions imposed on it. The complaint
China Enacts New Foreign Investment Security Review Measures
China recently revised several lists
[http://tradingwithchinanews.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1175&action=edit] that
would potentially attract more foreign investments. However, its new measures on
foreign investment security review could create more hurdles for foreign
investors.
On December 19, 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
MOFCOM Issues Provisions on List of Unreliable Entities
On September 19, the Ministry of Commerce issued Decree No. 4 [2020] Provisions
on the List of Unreliable Entities (《不可靠实体清单规定》)
[http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/article/b/fwzl/202009/20200903002593.shtml] (“the
Provisions”), taking effect on the date of issuance.
This is part of China’s overall effort to create
