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       Lawmakers Press Biden Administration for Tougher Curbs on China Tech

       Republican legislators argue that the Biden administration has been ill-equipped and unmotivated in a technology fight with Beijing.

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       The House Foreign Affairs Committee said the administration failed to enforce restrictions on sales of advanced technology to China. Credit...Bryan Derballa for The New York Times

       By Ana Swanson

       Ana Swanson covers trade and the U.S.-China economic relationship.

       Dec. 7, 2023

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       Republican lawmakers are faulting the Biden administration’s enforcement of restrictions on China’s access to American technology, saying that the administration is still allowing semiconductors and other American innovation to flow to Beijing that could ultimately aid China in a military conflict.

       In a report released on Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee said the administration had failed to enforce export controls that limit sales of advanced technology to China. The federal government has been steadily ramping up limits on sales to China of advanced chips and chip-making equipment over the past few years. The United States has also placed restrictions on Chinese companies or organizations accused of aiding the Chinese military or Russia’s war effort, or participating in human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

       But Republican lawmakers said the administration had not done enough to enforce the rules and criticized the office in charge of policing export controls. The report faulted the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security for being too close to the technology industries it regulates. Many tech companies sell products and services to China and have pushed for more lenient rules in order to retain access to a large and growing market.

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       Ana Swanson covers trade and international economics for The Times and is based in Washington. She has been a journalist for more than a decade. More about Ana Swanson

       A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 8, 2023, Section B , Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: G.O.P. Foes Claim Biden Gives China Edge in Tech . Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

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