The US department of commerce on Saturday expanded its so-called Entities List, which restricts access to American technology and other items, to include 24 Chinese companies and universities it said had ties to the military and another nine entities it accused of human rights violations in Xinjiang.
It shows the US intention to politicise commercial ties, curb China’s technology development and expand its long-arm jurisdiction
“The move marks a US-China technology decoupling 2.0 or 2.5.
‘Unreliable entity list’
“The message sent from the US is more important than the Entity List itself,” said Li Yong, a senior fellow at the China Association of International Trade, which is connected to the ministry of commerce.
“It shows the US intention to politicise commercial ties, curb China’s technology development and expand its long-arm jurisdiction.”
China announced it was preparing the blacklist in mid-2019 at the height of the trade war with the US, but never said who was on the list.
