As US passes Secure Equipment Act, China reportedly searches for loopholes

The US President has rubber-stamped a new law further restricting access to the US telecoms market by companies on the FCC’s naughty step.
It’s called the Secure Equipment Act and was first co-proposed by a Republican and a Democrat Senator back in May of this year. It is therefore a rare thing in American politics: a bi-partisan bill, which was therefore passed through the legislative process unanimously. It seems to exist to remove the FCC’s discretion to grant exemptions to