The Trump Administration has moved to restrict exports of technology to countries that pose a threat to national security, including China.
The move plugs a loophole that allows advanced technology, like semiconductors and sensors, to be exported for civilian-use but actually end up in the hands of a foreign military.
Casey Fleming is CEO of BlackOps Partners, a leading US intelligence and security company told NTD:
“We don’t want them using our technology and our research and development against us.”
“…they can use the technology internally to power their military, but then also to create countermeasures to renders to render ours neutral or useless.”
The definition of the military end-user has been expanded to include anyone who supports the operation of the military. This includes Chinese companies whose core business is not related to the military but has military customers.
In these cases, American exporters will need the approval to send national security-controlled items to these companies.
It’s seen as a counter to China’s civil-military fusion strategy which forces private Chinese companies to hand over technology to the military when asked.
Casey Fleming
CEO, BlackOps Partners
“they strip away technologies and say, hey, look, listen 80% of this can be used in building the Chinese economy and what we know as the private sector, but then another 70% or another 60% of that hundred percent, can also be used in developing military.”
Other countries selling American products will also need approval from the US before sending them to China.
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