Eliminate China-critical supply dependence and sanction Great Firewall facilitators
Navarro calls for systematically eliminating U.S. dependence on Chinese supply chains for medicines, chips, rare earths, motherboards, displays, and military components, and for sanctioning companies (including U.S. firms like Apple) that facilitate China’s Great Firewall surveillance/censorship.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 26 (Trade) — The Case for Fair Trade (Navarro): systematically reduce and eventually eliminate U.S. dependence on Communist Chinese supply chains that may threaten national security (medicines, silicon chips, rare earth minerals, computer motherboards, flatscreen displays, military components); sanction any companies, including American companies like Apple, that facilitate Communist China’s use of its Great Firewall surveillance and censorship capabilities.
Undo plan
1) Replace elimination mandates with diversified-sourcing strategies, stockpiles, and ally production—not zero-China absolutism that spikes shortages.
2) Rescind sanctions on U.S./allied firms solely for complying with Chinese local law on domestic China networks absent clear U.S. criminal facilitation.
3) Target export controls at dual-use surveillance tech transfers with license exceptions for ordinary consumer devices.
4) Fund domestic/ally rare-earth and pharma API capacity via industrial policy with sunset reviews.
5) Verify: DoD/Commerce critical-item China share metrics; OFAC designation bases.