New export controls announced Friday by China raise questions about the sale of TikTok to a U.S. buyer. China’s regulators added some types of artificial intelligence to its list of banned items, which potentially gives China’s government a role in the sale by possibly requiring Chinese government approval. The list, issued by the Ministry of Commerce, included technology that provided...
New China Export Controls Raise Questions About TikTok Sale
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