China’s expanded export ban poses fresh challenge to global tech industry

SHANGHAI: The latest additions to China’s list of banned technology exports could upset a broad range of industries and raise the possibility that some global tech giants might have to split off their Chinese operations, legal experts said.

The new list of technologies banned from export announced on Aug. 28 came as an unwelcome surprise to an industry already grappling with the uncertainty posed by trade tensions between China and the United States.