China-US trade war: Beijing escalates tit-for-tat with Washington 2nd Dec 2020 | Source: BBC
China has introduced tough new laws which restrict the export of controlled items .
The rules primarily focus on the export of military technologies and other products that might harm China s national security.
The export controls are widely believed to be in response to similar actions by the US.
TikTok, Huawei and Tencent are among the casualties of Washington s Chinese technology crackdown.
There are concerns the new regulations, which came into effect on Tuesday, could escalate the ongoing trade war with the US.
Trade tensions between the world s two biggest economies began in 2018 but have ramped up this year.
This was confirmed by the Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu.
On Tuesday, the Minority in Parliament marched to the head office of the EC to protest against the presidential and parliamentary results.
There was, however, a near-violent standoff between the NDC MPs and the heavily armed police officers when the disgruntled legislators attempted forcing their way into the EC office. NDC MPs
Barely 24 hours after the incident, the Minority MPs have now successfully submitted their petition to the Commission.
Explaining further in a Facebook post, the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwah said the Minority was forced to send the petition to the EC through a courier.