Overview
- China on Wednesday announced a package of countermeasures that includes blacklisting six U.S. companies and strengthening export controls on drones and related components bound for the United States.
- The list names firms such as Applied DNA Sciences and Stratum Reservoir and bars Chinese individuals and organizations from carrying out transactions or cooperation with those companies.
- As enforcement steps, the Commerce Ministry suspended factory follow‑up inspections by domestic certification bodies, blacklisted some U.S. compliance testing firms, and opened a national‑security probe into imported office copiers and printers.
- Beijing framed the actions as a direct response to recent U.S. tariffs and sanctions tied to alleged forced labour in Xinjiang and raised concerns through a call from senior trade envoy He Lifeng to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
- The measures create a new chokepoint for U.S. drone supply chains that could delay shipments, raise costs for American buyers and complicate commercial and diplomatic ties ahead of Xi Jinping’s planned U.S. visit.