Governor Spencer Cox criticized the Chinese government and companies linked to it for trying to purchase farmland and other properties across the state.

Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said the US’s reversal of restrictions on sales of chips to China followed recent trade negotiations with Beijing over rare earths. President Donald Trump curbed exports of Nvidia’s H2O artificial intelligence chips to China in April as part of an escalation of his trade war with Beijing.

After a company linked to the Chinese government tried to buy land near Provo airport, Gov. Spencer Cox reaffirmed Utah’s efforts to prevent foreign entities from acquiring strategic land in the state.

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China has barred European medical device companies from selling to its government in response to EU trade restrictions.