Sen. Rubio Calls for Changes in Export Control Laws
Congress should revise export control laws to ensure “naive bureaucrats” don’t prioritize commercial sales over national security, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said this week. Rubio, referencing a Wall Street Journal report that said the U.S. approved 94% of license applications for technology exports to China in 2020, said the numbers show that “President Biden refuses to take the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party seriously" and that “the situation is growing worse."
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“It is outrageous that the Biden Administration continues to greenlight the vast majority of critical U.S. tech exports to China,” Rubio said. The senator said he plans to work to expand the number of entities placed on the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Entity List and “limit the power of big business-friendly officials” at BIS. A BIS spokesperson didn't comment.