By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is investigating China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses by providing it to Beijing, three sources familiar with the matter said. Authorities at the Commerce Department are running the […]
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Exclusive-US probing China Telecom, China Mobile over internet, cloud risks
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is investigating China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses by providing it to Beijing, three sources familiar with the matter said. Authorities at the Commerce Department are running the […]
Exclusive-US House committee report finds Wall Street ‘colluded’ to curb emissions
By Isla Binnie (Reuters) -A U.S. congressional committee will accuse the biggest Wall Street firms on Tuesday, in a report seen by Reuters ahead of its publication, of colluding with advocacy groups to force companies to shrink their greenhouse gas emissions. The report is the first of its kind produced by the Republican-led Judiciary Committee […]
Exclusive-US preparing $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine, officials say
By Mike Stone and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the first to be sourced from the yet to be signed Ukraine-Israel bill, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday. The aid package includes vehicles, Stinger air defense munitions, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery […]
Exclusive-US plans to restore tariffs on dominant solar technology, sources say
By Nichola Groom and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -The Biden administration is expected to grant a request by South Korea’s Hanwha Qcells to reverse a two-year-old trade exemption that has allowed imports of a dominant solar panel technology from China and other countries to avoid tariffs, two sources familiar with the White House plans said on […]
Exclusive-US targets China’s top chipmaking plant after Huawei Mate 60 Pro, sources say
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is turning up the heat on China’s top sanctioned chipmaker by cutting off its most advanced factory from more American imports after it produced a sophisticated chip for Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro phone, three people familiar with the matter said. Late last year, the […]
Exclusive-US to propose ‘know your customer’ requirements for cloud computing companies
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will soon propose requirements for cloud companies aimed at finding out who is accessing U.S. clouds to train AI models, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Friday, as the burgeoning AI sector raises increasing security concerns. “We can’t have non-state actors or China or folks who […]
Exclusive-US targets Houthi anti-ship missiles in new strike on Yemen, officials say
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military on Tuesday carried out a new strike in Yemen against four Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles, two U.S. officials told Reuters, the latest move against the Iran-aligned group over its targeting of Red Sea shipping. One of the officials said the missiles were struck because […]
Exclusive-US intelligence confirms Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch behind Iran blasts -sources
By Jonathan Landay and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Islamic State’s (ISIS) Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, two sources familiar with the intelligence told Reuters on Friday. “The intelligence is clear-cut and indisputable,” one source said. That source and […]
Exclusive-US lawmakers warn Biden to probe EU targeting of tech firms -letter
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of lawmakers has written to U.S. President Joe Biden, warning European technology regulation are unfairly targeting U.S. companies and not including many Chinese or EU firms, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. Under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), five major U.S. tech […]