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Commerce Department Will Create Interim, Final Regulations For ICT Import Ban

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 16th, 2019

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Commerce Department Will Create Interim, Final Regulations For ICT Import Ban

The Commerce Department is charged with developing regulations for implementing President Trump’s new executive order aimed at banning U.S. imports of information and communications technology (ICT) from companies that are controlled or subject to the direction of governments’ of foreign adversaries, with a governing interim rule forthcoming followed by a final rule 150 days from the date of the directive, a senior administration official said on Wednesday. The interim regulations will provide the guidance and rationale to entities in the…

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