Analysts: Retaliation clause in China’s export control law puts world on notice

China’s new export control law includes language authorizing retaliation against trading partners that Beijing perceives as out of line, a signal that China could use it as a broad geopolitical tool rather than merely to control dual-use and military items, analysts tell Inside U.S. Trade. President Xi Jinping signed the export control law, first introduced in 2017, on Saturday. Much of the new law is a needed modernization and consolidation of China’s export control regime, analysts said, but several...