Biden’s China Investment Rules May Benefit US Intelligence (1)

President Joe Biden’s plan to limit certain investments in China may prove a boon for US intelligence agencies.

Companies planning to invest in sensitive Chinese technology such as semiconductors, quantum computing and artificial intelligence would have to share details with the government, according to an executive order Biden signed last week. In the process, it would provide economic intelligence on China that’s eagerly sought by US spy agencies.

“It was a lot of carrots. Now the stick is coming out,” Deborah Curtis, a partner at Arnold & Porter and the Central Intelligence Agency’s former deputy general counsel for ...