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Explainer | How Donald Trump has targeted Chinese companies with executive orders, sanctions
- President Trump has used sanctions, tariffs and blacklists to target Chinese companies
- A variety of last-minute actions seem designed to tie his successor’s hands on future China policy
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The ongoing saga of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) moving to delist three of China’s biggest telecommunications companies is the latest reminder of the rapidly shifting ground Chinese companies have regularly found themselves on as Sino-American relations have soured.
Since taking office four years ago, US President Donald Trump has taken a confrontational stance on China and its tightly controlled economy, relying on a combination of sanctions, tariffs and blacklists in hopes of winning concessions on a variety of issues, including trade, national security and human rights.
Even as President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office on January 20, Trump continues to pile pressure on Beijing, signing into law or drafting executive orders designed to limit access by Chinese companies to American capital markets.
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President Trump has issued more than 200 executive orders since 2017, far more than the last three presidents did in their first terms. Many of the last-minute measures are designed to cement his administration’s get-tough policies on China and limit the ability of his successor to shift US policy.
As the Trump administration draws to a close, here are some of the executive orders and laws that have targeted mainland Chinese and Hong Kong businesses:
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Executive Order Addressing the Threat Posed By Applications and Other Software Developed or Controlled By Chinese Companies
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