The U.S. government included 37 Chinese companies on the trade restrictions on Thursday (May 9), of which some of them were accused of supporting Chinese balloons that fly over the United States last year.
A Chinese balloon appeared over the United States last February, causing a stir and exacerbating the tension between the two countries.China and the United States have their own words.U.S. officials said that this is a reconnaissance or spy balloon.The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied and said the balloon was a civilian meteorological scientific airship that deviated from the scheduled route.
According to Reuters, the US Department of Commerce said on Thursday that some units under China Electronic Technology Group will be included in the trade restriction list for suspected to obtain American technology and support China's quantum technology capabilities.According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, such technologies will have serious consequences on the US National Security if they are used in military.
According to reports, some media said that China Electronic Technology Group is a top military equipment supplier.
After the Chinese balloon incident in February last year, the US Department of Commerce included five Chinese companies and a research institution on the trade limit of the month.According to the announcement, these six entities were included in trade blacklists because they supported the Chinese People's Liberation Army's aerospace plan.
The U.S. government also included some Chinese entities on the list on Thursday, and pointed out that these entities tried to obtain items belonging to the United States to create drones used by the Chinese military.Luck to Russia.
