From laptops to engines. US wants to limit exports of US software to China - Reuters

The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to restrict the export of critical software to China that contains American software or was manufactured using American software. Reuters reported this on Thursday, October 23, citing three sources.

According to the sources, the United States may limit global supplies of goods to China, ranging from laptops to jet engines. According to them, such a step should be a response and a kind of revenge for China's restrictions on the export of rare earth elements.

While not the only plan under discussion, it would follow through on President Donald Trump's threat earlier this month to ban exports of "critical software" to China, limiting global shipments of goods that contain US software or were made using US software.

"I will confirm that everything is on the table. If these export controls - whether it's software, engines or other things - happen, it will likely be in coordination with our G7 allies," said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

However, sources believe that such statements can only put pressure on China without imposing restrictions. But talk of the possibility of such steps indicates that the Trump administration is deciding to escalate its confrontation with China, even though some in the US government prefer a softer approach, Reuters writes.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the United States has imposed new sanctions against leading russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil.

On October 15, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US Senate supports the proposal to give President Donald Trump the right to impose a 500% duty on goods from China for buying oil from the aggressor country russia.

Recall that in September, Trump said that the EU sanctions against China could have a big impact on ending the russian war against Ukraine.

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