The Trump administration announced today that it would be conducting a national security investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 related to imports of wind turbines and their parts and components.

The Chinese government has submitted its views to the Department of Commerce in two recently initiated Section 232 national security investigations, on imports of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) and polysilicon.

While U.S. Section 232 national security investigations of imported products are mostly political exercises, there is nevertheless an opportunity for interested parties to submit their views, and the Chinese government has been doing so in the various investigations that are currently underway.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it has initiated two new investigations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine the effects on U.S. national security of imports of polysilicon and unmanned aircraft systems (drones).

In a ruling on Friday, a U.S. district court judge granted summary judgment to the U.S. government in a lawsuit by Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai, that argued it had been wrongly placed on a U.S. government blacklist.

Yesterday, President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that 50% tariffs on copper would be imposed soon, on the basis of "national security" concerns.

Two major U.S. chipmakers recently made investment filings indicating that U.S. government export controls on their chips are intensifying, with additional chips facing restrictions.