The Aporia · US Treasury proposes a rule to crack down on high-tech investments in China, other adversaries

The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed a new rule targeting American high-tech investments in countries like China, Russia, and North Korea, aiming to restrict funding for technologies such as supercomputing, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology. The proposal follows the 2025 Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act passed by Congress, which expanded restrictions on outbound U.S. investments into more countries and advanced technologies. Investments covered under this rule must exceed $50,000 and will require enhanced compliance measures to manage risk according to experts.

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As of October 22, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department proposed a new rule to restrict American high-tech investments such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence in China, Russia, North Korea, and other designated "countries of concern." This follows an executive order signed by President Joe Biden in 2023 that initially targeted sectors like semiconductors, quantum computing, and AI. In December 2025, Congress expanded this program through a new law to include technologies such as hypersonic systems capable of traveling at five times the speed of sound, as well as more foreign nations including Cuba and Iran.

The proposal aims to prevent investments that could enhance these countries' military capabilities. Recent events have added complexity, with President Donald Trump waiving sanctions on Russia after a diesel deal between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin. This latest rule builds upon previous efforts to limit the technological advancement of adversarial nations through stricter financial regulations.

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The U.S. government has been working for years to deny China and other adversaries investments that could help them boost their military power.

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That program began in 2023 when then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order putting restrictions on outbound U.S. investments in sectors such as semiconductors, quantum computing and artificial intelligence going into China.

right describes the government's action to restrict high-tech investments

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The rule announced Thursday would expand the restrictions to cover investments in hypersonic systems (capable of traveling at five times the speed of sound), supercomputing, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, though Treasury used Trump’s favored term for AI, “superintelligence” or SI.

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US Treasury proposes a rule to crack down on high-tech investments in China, other adversaries · assertive framing

The U.S. Treasury Department proposed a rule Thursday to crack down on American high-tech investments such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence in China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern.’’ asserted

Department → propose → concern

The U.S. government has been working for years to deny China and other adversaries investments that could help them boost their military power. uncertain

them → work → power

That program began in 2023 when then-President Joe Biden signed an executive order putting restrictions on outbound U.S. investments in sectors such as semiconductors, quantum computing and artificial intelligence going into China. asserted

Biden → begin → China

Treasury later established the Outbound Investment Security Program. asserted

Treasury → establish → Program

In December 2025, Congress passed a law that codified and expanded the program to target more technologies and more foreign countries, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Russia. asserted

that → pass → Cuba

The inclusion of Russia in the proposed rule has come days after President Donald Trump waived sanctions on Russia following a diesel deal with President Vladimir Putin. asserted

Trump → propose → Putin

Treasury → announce → AI

The proposed rule “sends an important signal to markets that Washington is tracking where U.S. capital is flowing and what capabilities it is helping build,” said Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies. asserted

Singleton → propose → Democracies

The screening of outbound investments “recognizes that capital can accelerate military-relevant capabilities just as surely as technology transfer can,” Singleton said. asserted

Singleton → recognize → capabilities

Jason Chipman, a former Justice Department lawyer who specializes in cybersecurity, investment rules and export controls as a partner at the law firm WilmerHale, said the new rule “will require more substantial compliance programs to manage risk.” asserted

rule → specialize → risk

Treasury’s rule to implement the 2025 law — the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act — would only apply to investments that exceed $50,000 and would exclude many financial investments, including stock purchases. asserted

that → implement → purchases

Treasury will hear public comments on the proposal before issuing a final rule. asserted

Treasury → hear → rule

“It’s just the first step in a fairly long process to get to changes which presumably will be more enforcement-minded, to put more teeth behind the outbound investment program,” said former U.S. trade official Ryan Majerus, now a partner at King & Spalding law firm. asserted

Majerus → ’ → firm

Since Trump’s first term, the United States and China — the world’s two biggest economies — have been locked in an economic and tech rivalry. asserted

States → lock → rivalry

They’ve restricted the export of sensitive technology and critical products (China’s rare earth minerals, America’s advanced computer chips) to each other and slapped tariffs on each other’s products. asserted

They → restrict → products

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed last year to ease tensions while they engaged in talks, a temporary truce they last month extended into January. asserted

they → agree → January

But the sparring continues. asserted

sparring → continue → ?

In July, the Treasury Department issued a $200,000 fine against a U.S.-based company for failing to report to the department a $92,500 investment in a Chinese artificial intelligence and robotics company by one of its subsidiaries. asserted

Department → issue → subsidiaries

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