China Sanctions Raytheon, Boeing Executives for Taiwan Arms Sales
China last week announced sanctions on two defense industry CEOs for arms sales to Taiwan. The sanctions target Raytheon's Gregory Hayes and Boeing Global Services' Theodore Colbert, after both companies were involved in the Sept. 2 State Department approval of…
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more than $1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan (see 2209060018). The U.S. should “stop arms sales to Taiwan and military contact with Taiwan, and stop creating factors that could lead to tensions in the Taiwan Strait,” a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said during a Sept. 16 news conference. A Boeing spokesperson declined to comment, and a Raytheon spokesperson didn’t respond to a request for comment. China in February sanctioned Raytheon and Lockheed Martin under its Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law in response to the companies selling arms to Taiwan (see 2202230013).