The United States Department of Commerce is failing to do its part to protect national security and keep sensitive technology out of the hands of China’s military, according to a US congressional advisory report the Reuters news agency has seen.
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission report, due to be published on Tuesday, said the Commerce Department had been slow to create a list of sensitive technology that should be scrutinised before export to China.
The lag in developing the list of emerging and foundational technologies, as required by a 2018 law, may exacerbate national security risks, the report said.