Washington is weighing whether to sanction Chinese tech company Hikvision for human rights violations under the Global Magnitsky Act, media outlets reported Wednesday. The U.S. government has rolled out numerous restrictions targeting China’s tech sector for several years now, making this story easy to overlook. But this time is different. Sanctions currently being considered for Hikvision would mark a profound escalation of U.S.-China tech tensions—a new turning point perhaps akin to the Donald Trump administration’s far-reaching campaign against Huawei. President Joe Biden should urgently reverse course.
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