China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday it strongly opposed a US decision to add multiple Chinese entities to its export control list over Russia-related issues.
BEIJING – China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday it strongly opposed a US decision to add multiple Chinese entities to its export control list over Russia-related issues.
The United States on Friday added 105 Russian and Chinese firms to a trade restriction list over their alleged support of the Russian military.
The companies – 42 Chinese, 63 Russian and 18 from other countries – were targeted for reasons from sending US electronics to Russian military-related parties to producing thousands of Shahed-136 drones for Russia to use in its invasion of Ukraine.
US suppliers must get difficult-to-obtain licenses in order to ship to companies on the “entity list”, as it is called.
China’s ministry said the US action disrupts the international trade order and hinders normal economic exchanges, adding China would take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights of its companies.
Many of the firms added to the list on Friday were given a special designation that also forces overseas suppliers to get the same US licences before shipping to the targeted companies.
The moves show the Biden administration is trying to keep up pressure on the companies sustaining Moscow’s war in Ukraine despite a raft of Western sanctions aimed at hobbling that effort and amid reports that restricted American technology is still reaching Russia’s defence industry.
– REUTERS
