New Chinese technology trade restrictions could harm imminent TikTok sale

While a sale of TikTok's US operations may be imminent, the Chinese restrictions on artificial intelligence technology exports may be a stumbling block for negotiations.

Revealed by China's ministries managing commerce, science, and technology on Friday, the restrictions limit the kinds of technologies that can be exported from China without requiring a license from authorities. The list of restricted technologies cover data-processing technologies including text analysis, content recommendations, speech modeling, and voice recognition.According to Chinese government trade advisor Cui Fan speaking to the country's official Xinhua News Agency on Saturday, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, TikTok owner ByteDance needs to examine the new export list and "seriously and cautiously" consider if a license is required for technologies being sold, and whether to halt ">negotiations entirely.

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