Lisa Lin

This is probably one of the earliest signs from the Trump administration that they are ready to play hardball when it comes to U.S.-China tech competition. Let's not forget that even though China's been on his radar over the last couple of months, it's mostly been about trade and not tech.

This is probably one of the earliest signs from the Trump administration that they are ready to play hardball when it comes to U.S.-China tech competition. Let's not forget that even though China's been on his radar over the last couple of months, it's mostly been about trade and not tech.

So what this new rule does now is to give us an indication of how the Trump team may react when it comes to dealing with sales of advanced technology to China in the future.

So what this new rule does now is to give us an indication of how the Trump team may react when it comes to dealing with sales of advanced technology to China in the future.