US Formally Delays Affiliates Rule for One Year in US-China Pact

The Trump administration has cemented one of its key concessions from the latest US-China trade truce by formally delaying an export control rule designed to crack down on shipments to companies that are majority-backed by blacklisted firms.

The so-called affiliates rule, enacted at the end of September, has been suspended for one year, according to a Monday filing in the Federal Register. Halting the measure signals the administration’s intent to follow through on commitments made with China following a meeting last month between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping aimed at easing trade tensions between the world’s largest economies. ...