The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at restricting business with several Chinese biotech companies, including WuXi AppTec and BGI, citing national security concerns. Other companies named are China's MGI and its California-based subsidiary Complete Genomics. The Biosecure Act, which passed with a significant majority of 306...
U.S. House Approves India-Specific Waiver to CAATSA Sanctions
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation as an amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that recommends an India-specific waiver under the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). If this waiver is becomes law, India will not be sanctioned for buying Russian defense equipment (the country...
House Favors Defense Cooperation with India
Coming in the wake of the defense framework advanced by President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment in mid-May calling for expansion of the U.S.-India defense cooperation and welcoming India's role in providing security in the Indo-Pacific region...