The Trump administration has put a pause on a number of key security measures aimed at Chinese tech ahead of an April meeting between the two countries’ presidents, reports Reuters, citing unnamed sources. The measures include a ban on China Telecom’s US operations and restrictions on sales of Chinese equipment for US data centers, the sources said.
The US has also put on hold proposed bans on domestic sales of routers made by TP-Link and the US internet business of China Unicom and China Mobile along with another measure that would bar sales of Chinese electric trucks and buses in the US, four people told Reuters, declining to be named.
While the administration’s actions are likely aimed at helping to defuse trade tensions related to Trump’s costly trade war, some critics say they also leave US data centers and other technology vulnerable to Chinese threats as data center construction surges to meet exploding demand for AI.