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Biden blocks US inflows into Chinese tech sector
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to block and regulate high-tech US-based investments going toward China, a move the administration said was targeted, but it also reflected an intensifying competition between the world’s two biggest powers.
President Joe Biden
Washington: President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to block and regulate high-tech US-based investments going toward China, a move the administration said was targeted, but it also reflected an intensifying competition between the world’s two biggest powers.
The order covers advanced computer chips, micro electronics, quantum information technologies and artificial intelligence. Senior administration officials said that the effort stemmed from national security goals rather than economic interests, and that the categories it covered were intentionally narrow in scope.
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