10/22/2025

U.S. Business Lobby Urges an End to Curbs on Chinese Exports

The rule has halted billions of dollars' worth of U.S. exports

A lobbying group whose board includes leading U.S. companies, like Oracle, Amazon.com and Exxon Mobil is urging the Trump administration to immediately suspend a rule it says halted billions of dollars' worth of U.S. exports and will prompt China and other countries to drop U.S. firms from their supply chains.

In a letter addressed to President Donald Trump and seen by Reuters, the National Foreign Trade Council takes aim at the so-called Affiliates Rule, which bars American companies from shipping goods and technology to companies part-owned by sanctioned firms.

The rule "has resulted in an immediate pause of billions in U.S. exports, which is contrary to your desire to reduce the trade deficit and increase U.S. exports globally," NFTC President Jake Colvin wrote in the letter, dated Oct. 3 and not previously reported. The rule, if left intact, would encourage other countries to turn to non-U.S.-made goods, "resulting in weakening U.S. national security as the rest of the world, led by China, removes American nodes from its supply chains," Colvin added.

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