US Adds 80 Chinese Companies to Blacklist...Blocking Workarounds for China Sanctions (Comprehensive)

About 80 Chinese Companies, Including Inspur Group Subsidiaries, Added to U.S. Export Restriction List
U.S. Cites Military Supercomputer Development and AI Chip Supply as Key Reasons
China Strongly Condemns U.S. Sanctions, Vows Countermeasures

The Donald Trump administration in the United States has reportedly added about 80 Chinese companies, including six subsidiaries of Inspur Group, a Chinese cloud computing and big data service provider, to the export restriction list.

According to Reuters on the 26th (local time), the U.S. Department of Commerce added Inspur Group subsidiaries to the Entity List due to their contribution to the development of Chinese military supercomputers.

Five subsidiaries are located in China, and the remaining one is based in Taiwan. Inspur Group was previously added to the export restriction list in March 2023 during the former Joe Biden administration for reasons including support for the modernization of the Chinese military. Among the newly added Chinese companies, about 50 are based in China, while the rest are located in Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

U.S. CNBC reported that dozens of Chinese companies involved in the development of high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) chips for military purposes, supercomputers, and advanced AI were included in the sanctions. Among them, two companies are known to have supplied products to Huawei and its affiliated chip manufacturer HiSilicon, which are already under U.S. sanctions.

Alex Capri, a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS), told CNBC regarding this measure, "(The U.S.) is casting an increasingly wide net targeting third countries, transit points, and intermediaries," adding, "U.S. authorities will continue to strengthen efforts to track and crack down on the illicit export of advanced semiconductors made by Nvidia and AMD."

Guo Zhaokun, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a briefing that day, "The United States abuses illegal and unilateral sanctions under the pretext of national security threats and violations of U.S. foreign policy, which is a typical hegemonic act and a serious violation of international law and the basic norms of international relations."

He added, "China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this, urging the U.S. to stop abusing various sanction lists and unjustified suppression of Chinese companies," and "China will take necessary measures to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies."

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