“We do not allow the enemy to strengthen the US military and exploit American technology to threaten America’s lives,” said Commerce Secretary Lutnick.
On March 25, the Trump administration added dozens of Chinese companies to the trade blacklist, limiting Beijing’s ability to access advanced US technology.
The Ministry of Commerce has released a list of 80 companies and affiliates included in the Entity List, of which 50 are based in China. This measure makes it difficult to receive US goods from suppliers.
The five target subsidiaries are based in China, and one is in Taiwan.
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The Inspur group did not respond to requests for comment at each publishing time.
The Trump administration has also imposed restrictions on four Chinese companies, including Nettrix Information Industry, the leading Chinese computer server manufacturer. According to the Commerce Department, Washington said, “We linked the measure to alleged involvement in the development of an Exuscar supercomputer that can process huge amounts of data at a very high speed and run large-scale simulations.
Neither company responded to requests for comment at each publishing time.
China’s Foreign Ministry has expressed opposition to the administration’s decision, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Zi-Kung accused Washington of suppressing Chinese companies during a daily briefing on March 26th.
Jeffrey Kessler of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Industry and Security said the move was intended to prevent the Trump administration from preventing US technology and goods from thwarting high-performance computing, hypernic missiles, military aircraft training, and (unmanned aerial training).
“American technology should not be used against American people,” Kessler said in a statement.
“Entity lists are one of many powerful tools for identifying and blocking foreign enemies who are trying to misuse American technology for malignant purposes.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
