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Trump signss order banning certain foreign equipment from US grid
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring a state of national emergency and prohibiting the use of certain?foreign technology in?the United States. The White House announced that the electricity grid. The White House cited what it called an "unusual, extraordinary threat" from foreign bulk-power systems which could pose national security vulnerabilities. Trump's order is the latest example in Washington's 'approach' to combating technology threats from China. It follows an earlier decision made by the European Commission to ban Chinese-made energy inverters. U.S. experts who dismantled equipment connected to grids in order to test for security problems found...