US lawmakers urge commerce department to add ByteDance to export control list dealstreetasia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dealstreetasia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CFIUS demanded TikTok s Chinese owners sell their shares or risk a ban, but no action has been taken. U.S. courts blocked Donald Trump s attempt to ban TikTok in 2020. Legislation to give the administration powers to ban TikTok has not been voted on.
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The lawmakers, led by Republican representative Dan Crenshaw and Democrat Josh Gottheimer, in a letter to commerce secretary Gina Raimondo urged that ByteDance be added to what is known as the "Entity List" in order "to address critical vulnerabilities created by the company s access to US software."
A group of 15 U.S. lawmakers on Thursday urged the Commerce Department to add TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance to a government export control list to restrict its access to American software. The lawmakers, led by Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw and Democrat Josh Gottheimer, in a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo urged that ByteDance be added to what is known as the "Entity List" in order "to address critical vulnerabilities created by the company’s access to U.S. software."