the Bourdain troll…
All the memo is doing is transferring authority to Sec of Commerce (Wilber Ross) to act on the Presidents behalf regarding sec 1757 of the PL 115-323 (NDAA-FY2019).
sec 1757 relevant part:
''SYSTEM FOR SEEKING ASSISTANCE.—The President may
authorize the Secretary to establish a system to provide United
States persons with assistance in complying with this part, which
may include a mechanism for providing information, in classified
form as appropriate, who are potential customers, suppliers, or
business partners with respect to items controlled under this part,
in order to further ensure the prevention of the export, reexport,
or in-country transfer of items that may pose a threat to the
national security or foreign policy of the United States. ''
In short, this action is tasking Wilber with creating a system to protect intellectual property and physical goods that are deemed a threat to nat sec or foreign policy..
at least that is how I am reading it.