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Express Tribune
27-03-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Pak firms added to US export blacklist
The United States added 80 companies and institutes from Pakistan, China and four other countries to its export control list to prevent the US technologies and goods from being "misused" for missiles and other military activities, the Commerce Department said in a posting on Tuesday. According to a New York Times report, the Trump administration added 54 companies and organisations from China to the Commerce Department's Entity List, as well as more than two dozen from Iran, Pakistan, South Africa, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and Taiwan. "The added entities had made contributions to Pakistani nuclear activities and its missile program, advanced China's quantum technology capabilities and hypersonic weapons development, and tried to circumvent US controls on Iran, among other actions, the administration said. The blacklisted companies from China included six subsidiaries of Inspur Group – a leading cloud computing and big data service provider – for contributing to the development of supercomputers for Chinese military, it said. Five of the subsidiaries are based in China and one in Taiwan. Inspur Group itself was placed on the list in 2023. The listings are intended to restrict China's ability to develop high-performance computing capabilities, quantum technologies and advanced AI, and impede China's development of its hypersonic weapons programme, the department said. The trade blacklist also included the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence. "We will not allow adversaries to exploit American technology to bolster their own militaries and threaten American lives," Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said. "The aim is to prevent US technologies and goods from being misused for activities like high performance computing, hypersonic missiles and military aircraft training and UAVs (drones) that threaten our national security," said Under Secretary of Commerce Jeffrey Kessler. China's foreign ministry said Beijing would take necessary measures to safeguard the interests of the Chinese enterprises. The move is "not conducive to creating an atmosphere for the two sides to solve problems through dialog and cooperation," China's commerce ministry said in a statement. The Chinese embassy in Washington said that it firmly opposed "these acts taken by the US and demand that it immediately stop using military-related issues as pretexts to politicise, instrumentalise and weaponise trade and tech issues." By imposing sanctions on more firms, the US also sought to disrupt Iran's procurement of drones and related defence items and prevented development of its ballistic missile programme and un-safeguarded nuclear activities. The US adds companies to the Entity List for national security or foreign policy concerns. The companies could not sell goods to those listed without applying for and obtaining licenses, which are likely to be denied. (WITH ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM NEWS DESK)
South China Morning Post
26-03-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
US adds more Chinese firms to tech ban list. Is this just the start for Trump 2.0?
The US is picking up the pace of export restrictions and more could soon be on the way, a Chinese observer said on Wednesday after the White House ordered the first Trump 2.0 tech export controls against China. Advertisement US President Donald Trump could also be using the controls to extract tangible gains, aligning with his deal-making approach, another analyst said. The US announced on Tuesday that around 60 Chinese tech companies and research institutions had been added to Washington's ' entity list ' to prevent Beijing from advancing artificial intelligence for the military. The list singles out Chinese entities that US firms are restricted from trading with, including companies accused of buying US-origin products to support China's development of quantum and hypersonic weapons. It includes subsidiaries of Inspur Group , a leading Chinese IT firm that provides cloud computing and big data services to Intel, as well as the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, which develops large language models. Advertisement Washington has frequently used the list to target Chinese entities that are deemed as a 'threat to US national security'.
Express Tribune
26-03-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
US adds 80 firms including from Pakistan to export blacklist
Listen to article The United States has added 80 companies from various countries, including Pakistan, to its export blacklist. The US added six subsidiaries of Inspur Group, China's leading cloud computing and big data service provider, and dozens of other Chinese entities to its export restriction list on Tuesday. The Inspur units were listed for contributing to the development of supercomputers for the Chinese military, the Commerce Department said in a posting. Five of the subsidiaries are based in China and one in Taiwan. Inspur Group itself was placed on the list in 2023. The Inspur units are among about 80 companies and institutes added to the export control list on Tuesday. Over 50 are based in China. Others are in Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. The listings are intended to restrict China's ability to develop high-performance computing capabilities, quantum technologies and advanced AI, and impede China's development of its hypersonic weapons program. "We will not allow adversaries to exploit American technology to bolster their own militaries and threaten American lives," said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. China's foreign ministry, in response to an enquiry on Wednesday, condemned the US move and said the country will take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises. The Chinese embassy in Washington said on Tuesday it firmly opposed "these acts taken by the US and demand that it immediately stop using military-related issues as pretexts to politicize, instrumentalize and weaponize trade and tech issues." The Inspur Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The US also seeks to disrupt Iran's procurement of drones and related defense items and to prevent development of its ballistic missile program and unsafeguarded nuclear activities. The government adds companies to the Commerce Department's Entity List for national security or foreign policy concerns. Companies cannot sell goods to those listed without applying for and obtaining licenses, which are likely to be denied. Commerce official Jeffrey Kessler said the administration aims to prevent "US technologies and goods from being misused for high performance computing, hypersonic missiles, military aircraft training, and UAVs (drones) that threaten our national security." When Inspur Group was placed on the list in 2023, executives from AMD (AMD.O), opens new tab and Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab were questioned about their dealings with the company. At the time, chip industry insiders and their advisers said firms were trying to assess whether they had to halt supplying Inspur's subsidiaries. Reuters could not immediately determine whether the US companies continued to do business with the subsidiaries. Nvidia declined to comment, and AMD did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Chinese firms Nettrix Information Industry Co, Suma Technology Co and Suma-USI Electronics are among the other companies added to the list. The US said they were added for helping develop Chinese exascale supercomputers, which can process vast amounts of data at very high speeds and conduct large-scale simulations. The companies have also provided manufacturing capabilities to Sugon, also known as Dawning Information Industry Co ( opens new tab, a computer server manufacturer added to the Entity List in 2019 for building supercomputers used by the military, the Commerce Department said. The companies could not immediately be reached for comment. Other companies were added to the list for acquiring US origin items to advance China's quantum technology capabilities, and for selling products to companies that supply other listed parties, including Huawei, the tech conglomerate viewed as at the center of China's AI ambitions.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
US imposes trade restrictions on dozens of entities with eye on China
The United States added dozens of entities to a trade blacklist Tuesday, its Commerce Department said, in part to disrupt Beijing's artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities. The action affects 80 entities from countries including China, the United Arab Emirates and Iran, with the department citing their "activities contrary to US national security and foreign policy." Those added to the "entity list" are restricted from obtaining US items and technologies without government authorization. "We will not allow adversaries to exploit American technology to bolster their own militaries and threaten American lives," said US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The entities targeted include 11 based in China and one in Taiwan, accused of engaging in the development of advanced AI, supercomputers and high-performance AI chips for China-based users "with close ties to the country's military-industrial complex." They include the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence and subsidiaries of IT giant Inspur Group. Others were included for "contributions to unsafeguarded nuclear activities" or ballistic missile programs. The aim is to prevent US technologies and goods from being misused for activities like high performance computing, hypersonic missiles and military aircraft training, said Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler. Two entities in Iran and China were also added to the list for seeking to procure US items for Iran's defense industry and drone programs, the Commerce Department said. Beijing condemned the blacklisting of its firms, accusing Washington of "weaponizing" trade and technology in a "typical act of hegemonism". "We urge the US side to stop generalizing the concept of national security... and stop abusing all kinds of sanctions lists to unreasonably suppress Chinese enterprises," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a daily news conference. China would take "necessary measures" to defend its firms' rights, Guo added. Several of the blacklisted companies did not respond to AFP's request for comment on Wednesday. bur-pfc/oho/mtp
