However, the Biden administration seems to be upholding one Trump tradition: blacklisting Chinese technology organizations.
The Department of Commerce s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has just announced it has added seven Chinese supercomputing entities to the Entity List for conducting activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
The Entity List was used in anger by former President Donald Trump to group together organizations that US companies cannot supply.
Although Biden has said he wants better relations with Beijing, he has given no indication he will roll back sanctions imposed by Trump on Huawei and other companies.
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BEIJING The Biden administration has added seven Chinese supercomputer research labs and manufacturers to a U.S. export blacklist in a spreading conflict with Beijing over technology and security.
The measure announced Thursday is the latest sign President Joe Biden is sticking to the tough line taken by his predecessor, Donald Trump, toward Chinese tech industries seen by Washington as potential threats.
The Biden administration has added seven Chinese supercomputer research labs and manufacturers to a US export blacklist in a spreading conflict with Beijing over technology and security. The measure announced Thursday is the latest sign President Joe Biden is sticking to the tough line taken by his predecessor, Donald Trump, toward Chinese tech industries seen by Washington as potential threats. The decision adds to mounting conflict over the ruling Communist Party s industrial plans, access to American technology and accusations of computer attacks and theft of business secrets. The latest penalties block access to US technology for researchers and manufacturers the Commerce Department said build supercomputers used by the Chinese military in weapons development.
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At one point, there was a school of thought that the Biden administration would relax the current tariffs and export controls in regards to China. So far, the Biden administration hasn’t changed any of the previous policies and is doubling down on those efforts.
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Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) this week added seven Chinese supercomputing entities to the “Entity List” for conducting activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the U.S. The final rule adds the following entities to the Entity List: