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AFTER BEING DRAGGED TO COURT, US DECIDES TO REMOVE XIAOMI FROM BLACKLIST
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• According to a filing to the US courts on Tuesday, after being dragged to the court the US Defense Department now has agreed that a final order vacating the designation would be appropriate
• The impact of this news was clearly visible on the stock marke...
CHINA ASKS INDONESIA TO TREAT ARRESTED SAILORS JUSTLY
- China government gave a lightning call to Indonesia on Wednesday to hand out fair treatment to a group of detained Chinese sailors.
- However, the Chinese Government gave no sign of what their vessel was doing when it was found at sea transferring fuel from an Iranian ship. ...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IMPOSES FRESH SANCTIONS ON CHINESE OFFICIALS AND COMPANIES
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• These new restrictions will be faced by the executives of state-owned firms, officials of the Chinese Communist Party and military
• The Trump administration imposed these sanctions on Chinese officials and companies for alleged misdeeds in the South Chi...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EXECUTED COREY JOHNSON FOR SEVEN MURDERS
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• Johnson became the 12th federal inmate to be executed by the Trump administration
• Corey Johnson had committed the murders in the Richmond VA to take ahead a drug enterprise that was involved in trafficking of large quantities of cocaine
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ALPHABET'S DRONE DELIVERY UNIT WING CRITICISES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
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• The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues new rules and as per them small drones will be allowed to fly at night in the U.S. and mandate remote identification technology for nearly all drones
• These rules cut down requirements that drones be conn...
AT LEAST 70 PERCENT OF CHINESE COMPANIES WITH MILITARY TIES INCLUDED IN MAJOR STOCK INDICES: U.S.
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• The State Department said these Chinese companies are involved in civilian and military production with money from the American investors
• The State Department had said that “The Chinese Communist Party’s threat to American national security...
U.S. GOVERNMENT APPEALS ORDER THAT BLOCKED TikTok RESTRICTIONS
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• The Trump administration said TikTok possesses threat to national security as it is likely to obtain personal data of U.S. users and provide it to Chinese government
• Previously a US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington had issued an order blocking...
U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA, ANOTHER HOSTILE ACT BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: KREMLIN
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• The Kremlin said this is another hostile act by the Trump administration and would worsen the already poor relations between the two countries
• After sanctioning Russian companies over promotion of Iran’s missile program, the US government on Mond...
U.S. APPEALS COURT TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN APPEAL CHALLENGING ORDER BLOCKING TikTok BAN
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• On September 27, US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington blocked the US Commerce Department order hours before it was going to ban new downloads of Chinese-owned TikTok
• The appeals panel consists of Judges Robert Wilkins, Judith Rogers and Patrici...
U.S. EXECUTES BRANDON BERNARD FOR THE CRIME COMMITTED BY HIM IN 1999
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• The Trump administration that carried out its ninth federal execution on Thursday, is already planning to execute four more criminals before President-elect Joe Biden takes over the office
• Brandon Bernard, who eighteen years old when he committed crime...
AMERICANS WILL GET US COVID-19 VACCINES BEFORE OTHER COUNTRIES: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
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• Trump to sign an executive order that will ensure priority access for the COVID-19 vaccines procured by the U.S. government is given to the U.S. citizens before it is delivered outside
• President Trump who has been criticized for his handling of the COV...
U.S. JUDGE ORDERS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REINSTATE ‘DREAMER IMMIGRATION PROGRAM'
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• Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn in her order wrote the administration must allow newly eligible immigrants to apply to the DACA program
• The DACA program was instituted by the former US President Barack Obama by an executi...
U.S. DECIDES AGAINST EXTENDING TikTok DIVESTITURE DEADLINE
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• The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is engaging with ByteDance in order to complete the divestment and other steps to resolve the national security risks
• In the last week, CFIUS had granted an extension of one to ByteDance ...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LIKELY TO ADD CHINESE CHIPMAKER SMIC TO DEFENSE BLACKLIST
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• This move from Trump is likely to escalate existing tensions between the U.S. and China, weeks before the U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes charge of the White House
• Earlier this month it was reported that the Department of Defense (DOD) was plannin...
FOXCONN PLANS TO SHIFT ITS APPLE ASSEMBLING FACILITIES FROM CHINA TO VIETNAM
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• The Trump administration has taken several steps against Chinese companies in the U.S. and is also pressing US firms to shift production facilities from China to other Asian countries
• Foxconn, the manufacturer of iPads and other Apple devices is likely...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LIKELY TO BAN TECH EXPORTS TO 89 CHINESE FIRMS: REPORT
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• The U.S. government is in final stages to issue a list of 89 Chinese aerospace and other companies that would refrain them from accessing US technology exports over military ties
• Citing a draft copy of the US Commerce Department’s list, Reuters s...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COMES UP WITH A NEW POLICY TO LOWER THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
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• Announcing the new policy at the White House, President Donald Trump said “The drug companies don’t like me too much. But we had to do it.”
• According to the Trump administration, this new policy is likely to save $28 billion over the ...
U.S. SENATORS TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HALT TRUMP'S $23BN SALE OF WEAPONS TO UAE
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• Four separate resolutions of disapproval of the U.S. President's plan to sell arms like Reaper drones, F-35 fighter aircraft and air-to-air missiles will be introduced by threw US senators
• Not just these three senators but many other lawmakers are ...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STOPS U.S. INVESTMENTS IN CHINESE FIRMS ASSOCIATED WITH MILITARY
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• It is being said that this order from the U.S. President is likely to impact some of China’s biggest companies including China Mobile Ltd, China Telecom Corp Ltd and Hikvision
• Starting from January 11, this executive order from the Trump administ...
TWITTER TAKES DOWN TRUMP ADVISER'S TWEET ON COVID-19
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• Micro-blogging site Twitter on Sunday took down a misleading tweet made by a top coronavirus adviser to the US President Donald Trump that downplayed the efficacy of masks
• This tweet violated its misleading information policy on COVID-19, which targets...