A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has introduced legislation aimed at barring Chinese-made optical transceivers from federal national security systems, marking the latest Congressional move to target Chinese imports.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has strongly condemned recent comments by a senior U.S. intelligence official who identified Chinese technology companies as legitimate targets for American espionage, calling the stance a blunt display of "hegemony" and threatening countermeasures under its laws.

As part of China's ongoing foreign trade national security investigation targeting imported printing and copying office equipment pre-installed with foreign-developed software, Beijing has now entered the evidence-gathering phase and issued an interested-party questionnaire.

A bipartisan bill to "direct the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to conduct a comprehensive study of the national and economic security risks foreign adversaries pose to the United States automotive industry" has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

After an appeals court ruling, Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai that makes LiDAR, will have another chance at arguing for its removal from a U.S. government list of "Chinese Military Companies."

The Trump administration is continuing its program of imposing tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, with drones being the latest target.

Chinese drone maker Shenzhen DJI Innovation Technology Co., known as DJI, succeeded on one of its claims in an appeal in U.S. court, and will now have another chance to convince a lower court that its designation by the U.S. Department of Defense as a "Chinese Military