Andy Wong/AP Images The Trump administration is considering a crackdown on Chinese investments into US companies. The new rules would focus on preventing Chinese investment into emerging technologies like 5G. Other ideas include "reciprocal" limits on investments into industries that China is already protecting. The Trump administration could move to block China from investing in certain types of US tech companies as part of a wide-ranging crackdown on Chinese trade with the US, according to a new report. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that as part of new sanctions on China — which included Thursday's announcement of tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods — the Treasury Department is looking into using a decades-old national-security law to prevent Chinese firms from investing in up-and-coming technologies.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: This transgender activist and former Obama White House intern isn't backing down against TrumpSee Also:Stormy Daniels' terrifying recollection of a parking-lot ultimatum wouldn't be the first reported threat from a Trump associateFlorida's governor is about to set up a blockbuster race to flip a Florida Senate seat redThe trade war with China could turn out to be Trump's 'economic Afghanistan'SEE ALSO: The trade war with China could turn out to be Trump's 'economic Afghanistan'