Lawmakers ask Trump to ban surveillance tech sales to China

President Trump’s administration should ban the export to China of technology that can be used for surveillance, a pair of Republican lawmakers urged Wednesday.

“U.S. companies should not be assisting in the expansion of China’s systems for surveillance, detection, and detention, or be complicit in what are gross violations of internationally recognized human rights occurring daily in the XUAR,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, the Republican co-chairs of a congressional panel dedicated to China, wrote to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.