The US has paused restrictions on Chinese tech firms before an April meeting between presidents, aiming to ease trade tensions, reports Reuters.
The US has paused several planned restrictions on Chinese technology firms ahead of an April meeting between the US and Chinese presidents, reported Reuters.
The measures put on hold include a ban on China Telecom's US operations and curbs on sales of Chinese equipment for US data centres, according to unnamed sources.
Proposed bans on domestic sales of routers made by TP-Link, as well as restrictions on the US internet businesses of China Unicom and China Mobile, have also been delayed. Another measure that would block sales of Chinese electric trucks and buses in the US has been paused.
The moves are seen as an effort to ease trade tensions linked to Trump's costly trade war. However, critics warn the delays could expose US data centres and other technology infrastructure to Chinese threats as demand for AI drives rapid expansion of data centre construction.
