WASHINGTON/TOKYO/LAS VEGAS, U.S. -- The U.S. government is set to sharply expand restrictions on foreign access to sensitive technologies, a move aimed at curbing China's ambitions but whose unclear scope worries Asian companies with businesses dependent on both countries.
The Department of Commerce on Thursday closes a public comment period on a proposal to expand export controls to 14 areas of new technologies with an eye toward national security. They include artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnology as well as fields still in the early stages of development, such as brain-computer interfaces.
