Overview

• The administration moved this week to cancel visas for Chinese students in strategic fields and those linked to the Chinese Communist Party over national security concerns.
• New export controls bar American firms from selling chip-design software and other critical technologies to Chinese companies and military end users.
• Washington’s measures stem from frustration that China failed to ease export restrictions on rare earth minerals after May’s Geneva trade talks.
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said further high-level discussions are expected even as the US maintains its drive to separate key supply chains from Chinese influence.
• China’s foreign ministry denounced the actions as politically motivated and discriminatory, warning they could jeopardize future negotiations.