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China Telecom Americas Asks for Stay of FCC Order
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/fcc-bans-china-telecom-u-s-business-eyeing-more-companies-soon/]
, on October 26 the FCC revoked
[https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-revokes-china-telecom-americas-telecom-services-authority]
the license for the state-owned China Telecom Corp.’s U.S.
Biden Extends National Emergency With Respect to Threat From Securities Investments that Finance Chinese Companies
In a notice posted yesterday
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/09/notice-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance-certain-companies-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/]
, President Biden decided to continue for 1 year
U.S. Agency Releases New Draft List of Critical Minerals Including REEs
The U.S. Geological Survey at the Department of the Interior (DOI) issued the
2021 Draft List of Critical Minerals
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/09/2021-24488/2021-draft-list-of-critical-minerals]
today. The list is designed to address the concern that the United States is
New U.S. Law Further Restricts Use of Equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Others
After the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3919/actions] similar
legislation on October 20, yesterday the Senate passed its own version
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1790/text] of a law
designed to tighten existing restrictions
FCC Bans China Telecom U.S. Business, Eyeing More Companies Soon
On October 26, the FCC revoked
[https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-revokes-china-telecom-americas-telecom-services-authority]
the license for the state-owned China Telecom Corp.’s U.S. business China
Telecom Americas to provide domestic interstate and international
telecommunications services in the United States. Decisions on licenses
New Hong Kong Customs Chief Discusses Efforts to Stop Smuggling of Australian Lobsters to Mainland
Ho Pui-shan (Louise Ho) became Hong Kong’s new Commissioner of Customs and
Excise on October 21. During the press conference
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAVjSzsTXVo] (link in Cantonese) with media
after taking the position, she mentioned combatting smuggling as one of the
tasks of her agency,
House Foreign Affairs Committee Releases Data on Export License Decisions Related to Huawei and SMIC
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives decided to
disclose aggregated data from the Commerce Department on licensing decisions for
possible sales to Chinese telecoms company Huawei and semiconductor company SMIC
for the six month period from November 2020 to April 2021. These companies are
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