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
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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
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