US extends suspension of expanded China tech export rule to Jan. 10

Key facts

• The US extended the suspension of the expanded export rule until January 10, per Nikkei Asia.
• The rule would broaden trade restrictions on Chinese companies' access to American technology.
• Washington and Beijing prolonged their trade truce, Nikkei Asia reported.

The US extended until January 10 a suspension of a rule that would widen trade restrictions on Chinese companies' access to American technology, Nikkei Asia reported on November 5. Washington and Beijing prolonged their trade truce, the report said, without naming the officials who agreed the extension or describing further terms.

The report gave no effective date for the underlying rule or for the suspension it describes. It also gave no figure for the number of Chinese companies the rule would cover, and no party statement confirming the extension was quoted.