National Security
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Governments Weigh In on Section 232 Investigation on Neodymium Magnets
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-initiates-section-232-investigation-on-neodymium-magnets/]
, in late September the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of
1962 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1862] "to determine the effects
on
Commerce Department Adds Chinese Companies to Entity List
In an announcement
[https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/11/commerce-lists-entities-involved-support-prc-military-quantum-computing]
of a final rule published in the federal register
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/26/2021-25808/addition-of-entities-and-revision-of-entries-on-the-entity-list-and-addition-of-entity-to-the]
on November 26, the Bureau of Industry and Security at the U.S. Commerce
Department said it would add
Public Comments Received in Section 232 Investigation on Neodymium Magnets
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-initiates-section-232-investigation-on-neodymium-magnets/]
, in late September the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of
1962 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1862] "to determine the effects
on
China Telecom Americas Asks for Stay of FCC Order
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/fcc-bans-china-telecom-u-s-business-eyeing-more-companies-soon/]
, on October 26 the FCC revoked
[https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-revokes-china-telecom-americas-telecom-services-authority]
the license for the state-owned China Telecom Corp.’s U.S. business China
Telecom Americas to provide domestic interstate and international
telecommunications services in the United States. The order
Biden Extends National Emergency With Respect to Threat From Securities Investments that Finance Chinese Companies
In a notice posted yesterday
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/09/notice-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance-certain-companies-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/]
, President Biden decided to continue for 1 year the national emergency declared
by President Trump, and later expanded by Biden, with respect to "the threat
from securities investments that finance" certain Chinese companie
U.S. Agency Releases New Draft List of Critical Minerals Including REEs
The U.S. Geological Survey at the Department of the Interior (DOI) issued the
2021 Draft List of Critical Minerals
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/09/2021-24488/2021-draft-list-of-critical-minerals]
today. The list is designed to address the concern that the United States is
heavily dependent on imports of certain
New U.S. Law Further Restricts Use of Equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Others
After the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3919/actions] similar
legislation on October 20, yesterday the Senate passed its own version
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1790/text] of a law
designed to tighten existing restrictions on products from companies