A staff member wearing a face mask walks past United States and Chinese flags set up before a meeting between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it is adding 42 Chinese companies to a government export control list over support for Russia’s military and defense industrial base.
Entities placed on the list supplied Russian firms linked to the Russian defense sector with U.S.-origin integrated circuits, the department said. Commerce said it is adding another seven entities in total from Finland, Germany, India, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
