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[quote=Anonymous]And finally, governors and other lawmakers across the country are following suit.

States have a new adversary: China.

From Florida to Indiana and Montana, an expanding array of local proposals, bills, laws and regulations aim to block Chinese individuals and companies from acquiring land, winning contracts, working on research, setting up factories and otherwise participating in the U.S. economy.

State officials, overriding traditional local interests such as drawing investment and creating jobs, say they are acting where Congress hasn’t to address grassroots American distrust of the Chinese Communist Party.

“There is a real responsibility on behalf of governors and state legislatures to look out for the safety and protection of our citizens,” said Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who last year blocked Ford Motor from setting up a battery venture in his state with China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology, or CATL. He has also signed bills to curb Chinese land purchases and use of TikTok on state devices.

Youngkin says he opposed the plant for electric-vehicle batteries because he didn’t want to allocate Virginia taxpayer money to support Chinese technology. Ford is now building a scaled-down version of the project in Michigan, where it has also faced localized resistance.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/states-take-on-china-in-the-name-of-national-security-7ed05257?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1[/quote]

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