On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump from the office is eliminated. But the few days until then, he uses to strengthen his course against China. The people’s Republic was in the last four years, sworn enemy Trumps, between the two countries, he incited a trade war.
Now, government authorities should look at trump’s statement, to minimize the purchase of Chinese Goods and services parts of the National security adviser, Robert O’brien on Friday evening in Washington. Thus, the risk should be reduced from espionage. In another decree imposed a Trump in addition, sanctions against China, Cuba and Iran.
“American interests”to protect
Trump has instructed the government authorities to carry out Checks “in order to minimize the procurement of Goods and services in the people’s Republic of China by the Federal government,” said security Advisor to O’brien. He accused the people’s Republic, to take the information systems of the US government to target – for example, the personnel documents and military plans. “For this reason, the United States must take appropriate measures in order to protect American interests,” said the security Advisor.
What measures should be concrete,remained unclear. A senior administration official said, the main objective was against Chinese Attempts to proceed, to infiltrate the networks of the United States: “If there is, for example, Hardware that finds its way into our networks, this is the type of things that could pose a potential vulnerability.”
Sanctions against China, Iran, Cuba
In a further step, Trump has imposed sanctions against six representatives of the Chinese leadership and the police in Hong Kong. The sanctions are a response to the arrest of 55 democracy activists in the special administrative region of Hong Kong on 6. January, as US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo announced on Friday. The Central government in Beijing destroy the “liberties and democratic processes” in Hong Kong, criticized Pompeo.
The US measures are likely to be a reaction to the since the summer of current controversial security law in Hong Kong. It is directed against activities that Beijing as a subversive, separatist, terrorist or conspiratorial looks. International observers criticize, it enables the Chinese leadership’s arbitrary arrests in Hong Kong.
In addition to the new sanctions against China, Minister Pompeo was foreign, criminal action against a Chinese steel factory and a manufacturer of building materials in the United Arab Emirates. Reason, the cooperation with the already with US-sanctioned Iranian state shipping company was. The U.S. Treasury Department imposed according to own data also sanctions against Cuba’s Minister of the interior, Lázaro, Alberto Álvarez Casas. Previously Pompeo Cuba had set once again on the list of terrorist States.
Trump’s term of office ends on 20. January. Then the Democrat, Joe takes on Biden as President.
