Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order (E.O.) to further address the ongoing national emergency declared in E.O. 13959 of November 12, 2020 with respect to the threat posed by the military-industrial complex of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). President Biden also expanded the scope of this national emergency by finding that the use of Chinese surveillance technology outside the PRC, as well as the development or use of Chinese surveillance technology to facilitate repression or serious human rights abuses, constitute unusual and extraordinary threats. This E.O. allows the United States to prohibit – in a targeted and scoped manner – U.S. investments in Chinese companies that undermine the security or democratic values of the United States and our allies.
The U.S. Treasury Department is updating a government list of Chinese companies and entities with alleged ties to defense or surveillance technology sectors, making them subject to a U.S. investment ban.
knichols@newsandsentinel.com Friday at the Washington County Career Center’s manufacturing and industrial careers field day, CDL instructor Brian Wise is talking to student Casey Rose about the steps of uncoupling a truck from a trailer. Photos by Kyle Nichols
Students from Belpre, Meadowbrook and Waterford moving between the interactive booths containing employers and programs on Friday at the Washington County Career Center’s manufacturing and industrial careers field day Sam Brookover, HVAC instructor at Washington County Career Center, explaining to students what a furnace’s heat exchange is on Friday at the Washington County Career Center manufacturing and industrial careers field day.