Canada Cracks Down on China, Russia, Iran Research Tie Ups

  • New rules aim to safeguard security, regulate research money
  • Blacklist includes dozens of Chinese schools and institutes

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Canada unveiled new rules aimed at preventing sensitive technological research developed in the country from being transferred to China, Iran or Russia.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government on Tuesday produced a list of dozens of foreign institutes, schools and laboratories it says are linked to entities that might pose a risk to Canada’s national security.