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US adding 33 Chinese companies, institutions to economic blacklist

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Seven companies, including top tech firms, were sanctioned for 'enabling China's high-technology surveillance' in Xinjiang.

The U.S. Commerce Department's move marked the Trump administration's latest efforts to crack down on companies whose goods may support the Chinese military and to punish Beijing for its treatment of Muslim minorities. It came as Communist Party rulers in Beijing on Friday unveiled details of a plan to impose national security laws on Hong Kong.

Seven companies, including top tech firms, were sanctioned for"enabling China's high-technology surveillance" in Xinjiang. The Commerce Department also added 24 companies, government institutions and commercial organizations to the economic list for supporting procurement of items for use by the Chinese military.

 

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