National Security
Total 244 Posts
Chinese Purchase of Korean Semiconductor Company Rejected in CFIUS Review
In mid-September, we wrote about
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/cfius-and-korean-government-finishing-up-security-review-of-chinese-purchase-of-korean-semiconductor-company/]
a CFIUS review of a proposed purchase of a South Korean semiconductor company by
a Chinese equity fund. The purchase has now been cancelled, as
Governments Weigh In on Section 232 Investigation on Neodymium Magnets
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-initiates-section-232-investigation-on-neodymium-magnets/]
, in late September the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of
1962 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/
Commerce Department Adds Chinese Companies to Entity List
In an announcement
[https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/11/commerce-lists-entities-involved-support-prc-military-quantum-computing]
of a final rule published in the federal register
[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/26/2021-25808/addition-of-entities-and-revision-of-entries-on-the-entity-
Public Comments Received in Section 232 Investigation on Neodymium Magnets
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/commerce-department-initiates-section-232-investigation-on-neodymium-magnets/]
, in late September the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) initiated an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
of
1962 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/
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