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China Threatens ‘Countermeasures’ to Newest BIS Entity List Additions

The U.S. has “repeatedly stretched the national security concept and abused state power to hobble Chinese companies,” a Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson said last week. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security on Nov. 26 added 27 foreign…

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organizations and individuals to its Entity List, including eight technology entities based in China, to prevent U.S. emerging technologies from being used for Beijing’s “quantum computing efforts that support military applications" (see 2111240014). The BIS action “severely hurts the interests of Chinese companies, recklessly undermines the international trade order and free trade rules, and gravely threatens global industrial and supply chains,” the ministry spokesperson said. “China reserves the right to take necessary countermeasures,” he said. “We will firmly defend Chinese companies’ legitimate rights and interests with all necessary measures.”