Executive Order 14032, titled Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China, was an
executive order
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signed by
United States president
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Joe Biden
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on June 3, 2021. The order came into effect on August 2, 2021.
The order expands the scope of the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13959
Executive Order 13959 is a U.S. Presidential Executive Order signed on November 12, 2020, by President Donald Trump. Its title, and stated goal, is "Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Compan ...
as means to deter American investors from investing in Chinese companies identified by the U.S. government as having ties to
China's military or
surveillance industry.
Reactions
Wang Wenbin
Wang Wenbin (; born April 1971) is a Chinese politician and diplomat who currently serves as the Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia. He was formerly a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Info ...
, the spokesman for the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
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, responded by accusing the United States of "overextending the concept of national security" and "abusing its national power", and suggested China would retaliate.
The
Hang Seng Index
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dropped 1.1% following the announcement of the order.
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