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The article reports that the US Department of the Treasury proposed a rule to crack down on US high-tech investments such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence (AI) in China, Russia, North Korea and other countries of concern. It also says the program began in 2023 when then-US president Joe Biden signed an executive order restricting outbound US investments in semiconductors, quantum computing and AI going into China, and that Treasury later established the Outbound Investment Security Program. For Chinese readers in the US, the article describes a proposed policy aimed at cross-border tech investment; it does not state any effect on visas, immigration, education, jobs, income, prices or family life. It also does not say how the proposal would apply to individuals, so readers should treat it as a policy development rather than a personal-status change.
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Luxury powerhouses including Hermes and Cartier are suffering steeper slumps in China, in a sign that a spending pullback by the country’s wealthy consumers is hitting even the most resilient brands.
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US Treasury proposes overseas tech investment rule
The US Department of the Treasury proposed a rule on Thursday to crack down on US high-tech investments such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence (AI) in China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern.”
The US government has been working for years to deny China and other adversaries investments that could help them boost their military power.
That program began in 2023 when then-US president Joe Biden signed an executive order putting restrictions on outbound US investments in sectors such as semiconductors, quantum computing and AI going into China. The Treasury later established the Outbound Investment Security Program.
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Source: Taipei Times
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