- Bipartisan lawmakers urged Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to bar Americans and U.S. firms from supporting Chinese and Russian civilian intelligence and security agencies, saying current rules have dangerous loopholes.
- Senators Ron Wyden and John Cornyn warned that U.S. consultants and advanced surveillance, cyber and AI tech can still be legally used by foreign intelligence to target Americans and harm U.S. interests.
- The push adds to bipartisan pressure on China policy ahead of President Xi’s planned Washington visit and amid controversy over U.S. firms (like Nvidia) selling advanced chips to China.
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