Washington, June 10 (IANS) A bipartisan pair of influential US lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at rebuilding America’s permanent magnet supply chain and reducing what they describe as a dangerous dependence on China for a technology critical to economic competitiveness and national security.The legislation, known as the Magnets Value Chain Support Act of 2026, was introduced Tuesday by House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, a Republican from Michigan, and Rankin…
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Washington, June 9 (IANS) A group of senior House lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at preventing Chinese entities identified as national security threats from obtaining US patents, arguing that Beijing has used America’s intellectual property system to advance its economic and technological ambitions.The proposed legislation, called the Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act, was introduced by House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald and Congre…
Washington, June 4 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced legislation that could ban Chinese-made robots from the American market, the latest move in Washington’s widening effort to restrict Chinese technologies viewed as potential national security threats. The proposed Guarding the US Against Adversarial Robotics Dominance (GUARD) Act would require federal agencies to review humanoid and quadruped robots manufactured in China and other US-designated foreign adversaries. Robots de…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) Bipartisan lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would subject American investments and technology transfers in China’s biotechnology sector to national security scrutiny, reflecting growing concerns in Washington over Beijing’s expanding role in global pharmaceutical research and manufacturing. The proposed Biotech Investment National Security Act (BINSA) would add biotechnology to sectors covered under the Comprehensive Outbound…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that China’s dominance of global critical mineral supply chains poses a growing threat to economic and national security, saying the United States is expanding partnerships worldwide to reduce dependence on Beijing for resources vital to advanced technologies, defence systems and industrial production.Speaking before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs, Rubio said t…
Washington, May 22 (IANS) Two American banks helped Chinese battery giant raise billions of dollars months after the US government designated it a “Chinese military company”, according to a new congressional investigation that accused major Wall Street banks of putting profits ahead of national security concerns.The report by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said the two American banks (JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America) underwrote Contemporary Amperex Technology C…
Washington, May 22 (IANS) A top House Republican on China has urged the Treasury Department to block American investments in Chinese biotechnology companies, warning that US capital and expertise are helping Beijing dominate the global pharmaceutical sector.Powerful Republican Congressman John Moolenaar, who is chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to designate biotechnology as a “prohibited technology” under the Com…
Washington, May 20, (IANS) Americans lost at least $10 billion in 2024 to China-linked scam networks operating from Southeast Asia, top Congressmen have alleged warning that this fraud ecosystem has grown into a national security threat. House Select Committee on China Chairman, John Moolenaar said the scams were being run at “industrial scale” by criminal groups linked to China and enabled by corruption, weak governance and illicit finance.“These victims are our families, neighbours and f…
Washington, May 12 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced legislation to ban Chinese-linked connected vehicles, software and hardware from American roads, citing national security risks, unfair trade practices and threats to the domestic auto industry.The proposed “Connected Vehicle Security Act” was introduced on Sunday by Congressman John Moolenaar, a Republican from Michigan and chairman of the House Select Committee on China, along with Democratic Congresswoman Debbie D…
Washington, May 8 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers moved to tighten restrictions on Chinese and other foreign adversary purchases of American farmland and property near sensitive military and infrastructure sites, reflecting growing concerns in Washington over national security and food security.The push came as Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar introduced the “Protecting US Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act”, while another bipartisan group an…