--- title: "US-China trade truce sees a number of key China tech curbs being shelved - report" description: "The US administration is delaying key tech security measures against China ahead of Trump's visit in April, including a ban on China Telecom and restrictions on Chinese tech sales. This decision aims " type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/275746896.md" published_at: "2026-02-12T11:22:08.000Z" --- # US-China trade truce sees a number of key China tech curbs being shelved - report > The US administration is delaying key tech security measures against China ahead of Trump's visit in April, including a ban on China Telecom and restrictions on Chinese tech sales. This decision aims to maintain positive relations following a previous trade truce. The focus has shifted to foreign tech threats from Iran and Russia instead. The US seeks to avoid tensions with China in the coming months, while China may leverage its position with rare earth minerals before the meeting. The report says ahead of Trump's visit to China in April, the US administration is putting on ice a number of key tech security measures that are targeted at Beijing. The sources say that Washington does not want to kick up a fuss, after having already seen a trade detente between Trump and Xi back in October last year. The measures that are reportedly shelved include a ban on China Telecom's operations in the US as well as restrictions on sales of Chinese tech equipment for US data centers. Besides that, a proposal to ban domestic sales of routers made by TP-Link and another measure that would bar sales of Chinese electric trucks and buses in the US have all been put on hold in the meantime. Reuters notes that these are decisions that have not previously been reported. As a reminder, the US administration had before this pushed forward with these key tech curbs against China on the pretext of "national security". That as the US claims China has been exploiting sensitive US data for blackmail and intellectual property theft in the past. While preserving positive relations ahead of Trump's visit to China looks to be the main goal, two sources do note that the US administration focus in recent months have shifted to policing foreign tech threats related to Iran and Russia instead. That especially after the October trade truce with China was struck. That's not all too surprising to be honest. Trump has a knack for switching his attention to other countries/foreign matters when he feels he has accomplished something already. And in this instance, it is clear that he does not want to shake things up before he gets the chance to put on another show when he makes his way to Beijing in April. If anything, this does at least tell us that there should not be any major bust ups between the US and China over the next two months. That being said, China was cunning enough to engineer some leverage with rare earth minerals before the October meeting between Trump and Xi. You have to wonder if they will try and pocket another ace up their sleeve before the next one in April. ### Related Stocks - [601728.CN - CHINA TELECOM](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/601728.CN.md) - [00728.HK - CHINA TELECOM](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/00728.HK.md) ## Related News & Research | Title | Description | URL | |-------|-------------|-----| | US Suspends Key Tech Restrictions On China Ahead Of Trump-Xi Summit In April: Report | Ahead of the Trump-Xi Jinping meeting in April, the Trump administration has paused several key technology security meas | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275878093.md) | | Measures include finalized ban on China Telecom's U.S. business, Chinese equipment sales to US data centers-sources | Measures include finalized ban on China Telecom's U.S. business, Chinese equipment sales to US data centers-sources | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275745486.md) | | Trump: Prime Minister Starmer is losing control of Diego Garcia | Trump: Prime Minister Starmer is losing control of Diego Garcia | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276262781.md) | | Trump says he didn't bring up renaming Penn Station as Trump Station | President Trump denied media reports that he proposed renaming New York's Penn Station to "Trump Station" in exchange fo | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276076351.md) | | Trump Could Order Potential Weeks-Long Military Operations Against Iran: Report | President Trump may authorize extended military operations against Iran as the Pentagon increases its presence in the Mi | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275981511.md) | --- > **Disclaimer**: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.