John Cornyn: “They have a law that forces their commercial enterprises to…”

“That was by the end of 2020, including $21 billion in semiconductors, 54 billion in military companies, and 2021, 221 billion in artificial intelligence. Part of the problem is China doesn't recognize a separation between commercial enterprises and their military. They have a law that forces their commercial enterprises to share information with the military called military civil fusion. So there is no way to just say, well, we're just investing in America in Chinese businesses. We're not investing in the military.” (11:05–11:16)

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