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European Parliament approves new regulation enabling prohibition on sale, import, export goods using forced labour, move targets China
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Antony Blinken Says US Chip Ban Doesn’t Mean ‘Cutting Off Trade’ Or ‘Holding Back China’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken clarified that U.S. export controls aim solely to limit access to sensitive technology that could threaten national security, not to hinder China’s economic or …
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Xi shakes up China’s military in rethink of how to ‘fight and win’ future wars
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U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China’s growth, Blinken says
U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back China’s economy or technological development, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an interview with National Public Radio on…
