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Joe Biden to amend Trump's China blacklist, target key industries

Order takes aim at China's defence, surveillance tech sectors

Biden has also pledged to donate 60 million AstraZeneca Plc vaccines by the end of June
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Under Biden’s amended order, the Treasury Department will create a list of companies that could face financial penalties for their connection to China’s defence and surveillance technology sectors

Jenny Leonard, Jennifer Jacobs, & Saleha Mohsin | Bloomberg
US President Joe Biden plans to amend a US ban on investments in companies linked to China’s military this week, after the Trump-era policy was challenged in court and left investors confused about the extent of its reach to subsidiary firms, people familiar with the matter said.

Under Biden’s amended order, the Treasury Department will create a list of companies that could face financial penalties for their connection to China’s defence and surveillance technology sectors, the people said. Until now, the financial sanctions and selection of targeted companies were tied to a congressionally mandated Defense Department report.

The amended order, which Biden

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