Shelving China Actions Harms US National Security, House Democrats Say

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s “troubling” ?decision ?to pause key tech security ?measures aimed at Beijing jeopardizes U.S. national security in the ?interest of steadying relations with China, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Monday. In a ?letter sent to Commerce Department ?Secretary Howard Lutnick and seen by Reuters, the lawmakers raise questions about the ?shelving of ?a ban on China Telecom’s U.S. operations as well as proposed bans ?on U.S. sales of routers by TP-Link and the U.S. internet businesses of China Unicom and China Mobile. The moves were reported…