Democrats Drag Feet on China Tech Restrictions

Democrats Drag Feet on China Tech Restrictions
A view of the commission's hearing room before a hearing at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington on Dec. 14, 2017. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 17 proposed additional restrictions on China’s and Russia’s telecommunications equipment. The FCC voted to explore a ban on all future U.S. company purchases of telecom equipment from corporations that pose a national security risk, including five Chinese companies that the FCC specifically labeled as such: Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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