Harris Asked to Lead on Voting Rights. She Has Her Work Cut Out for Her.
Her new role comes as the Senate enters a crucial month in the Democratic drive to enact the most extensive elections overhaul in a generation.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s advisers say she will take a wide-ranging approach to the issue by giving speeches, convening stakeholders and using her platform to raise awareness of the importance of the vote.Credit.Erin Scott for The New York Times
June 3, 2021Updated 11:18 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON Vice President Kamala Harris did not come to her role with a list of demands. She wanted to be a generalist, in large part to learn the political rhythms of a president she was still getting to know. In the first few months of her tenure, some of her portfolio assignments were just that: assignments.
Biden expands blacklist of Chinese firms off-limits to US investors
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Biden expands blacklist of Chinese firms off-limits to US investors
AFP / Jun 4, 2021, 01:46 IST
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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday expanded a blacklist of Chinese firms that are off-limits to American investors over their links to Beijing s military-industrial complex, in a sign of Washington s continued pressure campaign against China.
Former President Donald Trump had prohibited Americans from buying stakes in 31 Chinese companies that were deemed to be supplying or supporting China s military and security apparatus, and Biden s move expands the blacklist to 59.
The latest batch of sanctions target companies involved in Chinese surveillance technology used to facilitate repression or serious human rights abuses, which undermine the security or democratic values of the United States and our allies, according to a White House statement.
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