The Treasury Department should “carefully scope” its proposed new outbound investment restrictions (see 2308090066 and 2310050035) to ensure U.S. capital does not help China’s military develop its artificial intelligence capabilities, a U.S. congressional commission heard this month.
Marc Selinger
Marc Selinger, Assistant Editor, is the congressional reporter for Export Compliance Daily, which he joined in December 2023. He previously wrote for a variety of defense publications, highlights of which included covering the Paris and Farnborough (UK) air shows and touring the Israeli defense industry. His first full-time journalism job involved reporting on local government, schools and police news for a community newspaper in Michigan. He is on X at @marcselinger and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-selinger-315089173/.
A bipartisan group of 18 senators led by Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., sent a letter Jan. 31 to President Joe Biden urging him to boost enforcement of oil sanctions on Iran to curb Tehran’s ability to fund terrorism.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin, D-Md., said Feb. 1 that he is working with ranking member Jim Risch, R-Idaho, to craft a “comprehensive” bill to address a wide range of concerns about China.
U.S. trade policy toward China should concentrate on protecting advanced technology, as opposed to completely decoupling from the Communist country, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Jan. 30.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., asked CBS News on Jan. 31 whether it accepted any goods or services from two sanctioned Chinese entities, potentially in violation of U.S. law, while touring China’s Xinjiang region for an article.
Two House committee chairs have urged the Biden administration to place export restrictions and sanctions on four “highly troubling” Chinese companies that are slated to provide software and other technology to a planned electric vehicle battery factory in the U.S.
The Biden administration’s proposal to impose new restrictions on U.S. investment in certain Chinese technology sectors is a complex undertaking that will be difficult to implement, a former Treasury Department official said on Jan. 30.
Several lawmakers urged the Biden administration to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela after the country’s supreme court barred opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from this year’s presidential election.
Sens. Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., on Jan. 25 introduced a bill aimed at improving the tracking of foreign investment in U.S. farmland.
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, urged the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to investigate the proposed sale of Vista Outdoor’s Sporting Products business to Czechoslovak Group (CSG), saying the transaction could endanger national security by transferring an American manufacturer of firearms ammunition to a “Kremlin-linked” foreign company.