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Commerce Department Imposes Export Controls on Biotech Equipment Over Security Concerns

America’s adversaries could use the equipment to improve their military capabilities and design new weapons, the Commerce Department said.
Commerce Department Imposes Export Controls on Biotech Equipment Over Security Concerns
The U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington on Jan. 14, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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The U.S. Commerce Department has implemented new export controls on some laboratory instruments, citing national security concerns regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and data science.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced in a statement on Jan. 15 that the latest export controls apply to high-parameter and spectral flow cytometers and certain liquid chromatography-mass spectrometers.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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