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Commerce still mulling Trump order on information, communications tech

July 11, 2019 at 6:02 PM
Commerce Department officials crafting rules required by President Trump’s executive order banning the purchase of information and communications technology from foreign adversaries still don’t know what mechanism they’ll use to issue the rules or how public comment will be facilitated. The executive order, signed by Trump in May, was seen by analysts as another leverage point for the Trump administration in its trade negotiations with China . The order lays the groundwork for the administration to ban imports of all...


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