US blacklists five Chinese firms

WASHINGTON, 30 June 2022, (TON): President Joe Biden’s administration added five companies in China to a trade blacklist for allegedly supporting Russia’s military and defence industrial base, flexing its muscle to enforce sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

The Commerce Department, which oversees the trade blacklist, said the targeted companies had supplied items to Russian entities of concern before the Feb 24 invasion, adding “continue to contract to supply Russian entity listed and sanctioned parties.”

The agency also added further 31 entities to the blacklist from countries including Russia, UAE, Lithuania, Pakistan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, according to the Federal Register entry.

However, of the 36 total companies added, 25 had China-based operations.

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