America’s Digital Iron Curtain Needs an Urgent Overhaul
Chinese companies are finding ways to get around U.S. restrictions on their access to crucial technologies.
Richard Yu (left), executive director of Huawei, introduces the Huawei Pura X mobile phone during the Appliance & Electronics World Expo, March 21, 2025, in Shanghai, China. Credit: VCG via AP Images
Despite three administrations' bipartisan efforts to restrict China's technological advancement, our adversaries continue to evade American export controls at an alarming rate and are keeping pace with America’s strongest companies. The Trump, Biden, and now second Trump administrations have all wielded export restrictions as a key tool — yet Chinese firms like DeepSeek are developing advanced AI while Huawei recently released a sophisticated smartphone despite years of sanctions.
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