President Donald Trump directed the U.S Trade Representative to impose new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports Monday while trying to save Chinese telecom ZTE.
ZTE is the fourth-largest vendor of mobile phones and electronic components for phones in the U.S. This company was caught conducting illegal sales to North Korea and Iran which violated a 2017 agreement. The Commerce Department at first imposed a seven-year ban in April on companies doing business with ZTE, until President Trump brokered a deal to lift the ban in exchange for a $1 billion fine and policies adjustments. The Senate supports the bill and requires that ZTE cooperate with U.S investigators before lifting the ban, as reported by Politico.
At the same time, Trump is pursuing additional tariffs on $200 billion of goods in retaliation for intellectual property theft.
The matters of cybersecurity and monitoring have become important issues since the Fourth Industrial Revolution began. It is a major challenge for people to monitor every action taken by companies all over the world. In this case, AI can be used for better monitoring enterprises to ensure a safer society. Hence, AI is expected to develop in order to do a better job preventing of intellectual breaches. MDI is currently developing an initiative called AIWS, which is aimed at keeping AI developing safely and pacifically.
