Biden on Track to Apply Trump-Era Rule Targeting Chinese Tech Supply Chain Concerns

Biden on Track to Apply Trump-Era Rule Targeting Chinese Tech Supply Chain Concerns
A smartphone chip component circuit is seen at the Oppo factory in Dongguan on May 8, 2017. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to allow a Trump-era rule targeting Chinese technology firms deemed to pose a threat to the United States to go into effect despite objections from U.S. businesses, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday.

The department issued an interim final rule in the final days of the Trump administration aimed at addressing information and communications technology supply chain concerns and said it would become effective after a 60-day period of public comment.