Washington, Beijing should de-escalate from tit-for-tat actions, US senator says

Washington, Beijing should de-escalate from tit-for-tat actions, US senator says

Steve Daines calls Beijing’s export controls on US companies and Pentagon’s blacklisting of Chinese tech firms ‘unfortunate developments’

“These are unfortunate developments,” the Republican Senator from Montana said on Monday. Daines is a member of two of the most powerful committees in the US Senate: the Foreign Relations and Finance Committees.

“The escalation on both sides here is something I was hoping would not happen,” he added.

The regulations prohibit exporters from supplying dual-use goods to the 10 companies and ban any organisation or individual worldwide from transferring China-origin dual-use items to them, extending the restrictions beyond China’s borders.

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