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Those startups have been willing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/cultural-clash\/2019\/03\/21\/dunford-to-meet-with-google-for-debate-on-chinese-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\">accept Chinese funds<\/a> in exchange for Beijing having ownership or access to certain technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank><b>Click here for the latest news around the COVID-19 outbreak<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several times the officials were asked if there is a specific threat they are seeing from foreign investment at this moment, but both Lord and Jen Santos, deputy assistant secretary of defense for industrial policy, spoke only in general terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it presents a greater attack surface, if you will, as there is uncertainty especially with small businesses as to whether their contracts will continue,\u201d Lord said of the current pandemic. \u201cTo basically mitigate that uncertainty, that\u2019s why we\u2019re being forward-leaning and over-communicating, probably, to say: \u2018We are open.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trae Stephens, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/cultural-clash\/2020\/01\/30\/theres-a-sovereignty-movement-in-tech-with-big-consequences\/\" target=_blank>partner in the venture capital Founders Fund<\/a> and a co-founder of Anduril Technologies, says China will \u201cprobably\u201d try to take advantage of the economic downturn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe funding environment in the U.S., particularly without an articulated plan beyond \u2018day-to-day,\u2019 will not be great for companies getting squeezed, and there will likely be good opportunities for China to swoop in and save the day,\u201d he said, adding that the Defense Department\u2019s instinct to focus on supporting the major defense primes first may exacerbate the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf this happens, it will be because of \u2018wagon-circling,\u2019 and we\u2019ll only have ourselves to blame,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon has attempted to counter Chinese economic influence in two primary ways. The first is the use of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, which a defensive tool that allows the government to block a foreign investment attempt on national security grounds. The second, still in the early stages, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/05\/10\/to-counter-china-pentagon-wants-to-create-patriotic-investors\/\" target=_blank>Trusted Capital Marketplace program<\/a>, which seeks to find \u201cpatriotic investors\u201d who will put money toward supporting companies that fill a gap identified by the department, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2019\/09\/17\/can-the-army-secure-an-american-made-quadcopter\/\" target=_blank>small unmanned systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past few weeks, two trusted capital events were hosted virtually, said Santos, who also indicated a concern that the CFIUS office may be impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, without going into detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo protect our industrial base, we have tools to combat adversarial capital, like strengthening and expanding national security investment reviews 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