The U.S. Senate wants any investments in Chinese technologies made by U.S.-based companies to be reported to federal agencies.
On July 25, the United States Senate backed bipartisan legislation mandating U.S. companies to report any investments in Chinese technologies.the amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act , which is anticipated to be implemented later in 2023.
The amendment will require U.S. companies to notify federal agencies of outbound investments in Chinese technologies, including semiconductors used in artificial intelligence . Democratic Senator Bob Casey and Republican Senator John Cornyn penned the amendment, which is a version of the Outbound Investment Transparency Act that targets risks of U.S. foreign investments in countries like China.“We need this type of outbound investment notification to understand just how much... critical technology we are transferring to our adversaries via these capital flows.“
He concluded by saying that with such information, the U.S. can position itself to “take control” of its economic future. The bill’s current version is expected to pass through the Senate by the end of the week before being reconciled with another bill passed in the House of Representatives earlier and finally going to the desk of President Joe Biden.These new measures come as the U.S. and China continue a tit-for-tat relationship surrounding emerging technologies.in semiconductor chips to lessen the flow of AI chips available in the Chinese market.on metals used to manufacture semiconductors.
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