Michael Allen, Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies and former special assistant to President George W. Bush in the National Security sector, thinks Congress needs to direct its questions to the Commerce Department and, by extension, the National Security Council process staff about what happened with export-control regulations and what may have held them up. Allen says stronger export controls and beefing up the Department of Commerce are important, including greater enforcement, oversight and investigations. Allen says Trump should make clear to President Xi Jinping that China’s activity involving smuggling and restricted technology could lead Congress to take further action. He speaks with Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Balance of Power • Nov 12th, 2026
Allen Says US Needs Stronger Export-Control Enforcement
Michael Allen, Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies and former special assistant to President George W. Bush in the National Security sector, thinks Congress needs to direct its questions to the Commerce Department and, by extension, the National Security Council process staff about what happened with export-control regulations and what may have held them up. Allen says stronger export controls and beefing up the Department of Commerce are important, including greater enforcement, oversight and investigations. Allen says Trump should make clear to President Xi Jinping that China’s activity involving smuggling and restricted technology could lead Congress to take further action. He speaks with Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power."
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