White House, Pentagon Officials Traded Chinese Stocks While Mulling Blacklist: Report

White House, Pentagon Officials Traded Chinese Stocks While Mulling Blacklist: Report
Investors look at stock price movements on a screen showing stock prices at a securities company in Beijing, China, on Oct. 11, 2018. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
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High-ranking Pentagon and White House officials traded in Chinese stocks even as their offices were tasked with considering the companies for blacklisting, according to a new report.

More than 2,600 government employees owned or traded stocks whose prices would rise or fall depending on their actions, according to a new investigative report by The Wall Street Journal, which analyzed 31,000 financial disclosure forms from 12,000 senior government employees and political staffers.
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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