China’s leading cloud computing and big data service provider is one of more than 80 Chinese entities added to the U.S. export restrictions list this week.
Trump administration adds six subsidiaries Start the group The Ministry of Commerce said this was placed on the blacklist in 2023 – to help develop supercomputers for the Chinese military. Five of the units are in China and one is in Taiwan.
They are about 80 companies and institutions added to the export control list Tuesday. More than 50 are located in China. Others are in Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
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These lists are designed to limit China’s ability to develop high-performance computing capabilities, quantum technology and advanced AI, and to hinder China’s development of its supersonic weapons program.
“We will not allow our opponents to use American technology to strengthen our military and threaten American lives,” said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Political technology issues: Beijing
In response to Wednesday’s investigation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S. move and said the country will take the necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington said Tuesday it firmly opposed “these actions taken by the United States and asked it to immediately stop using military-related issues to excuse politicize, instrumentalize and weaponize trade and technical issues.”
The Inspiration Team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The United States also attempts to undermine Iran’s procurement of drones and related defense items and prevent the development of its ballistic missile programs and nuclear activities.
Government adds companies to Department of Commerce Entity List for national security or foreign policy issues. Companies cannot sell goods without applying for and obtaining a license that may be denied.
Business official Jeffrey Kessler said the government aims to prevent “U.S. technology and goods from being used in high-performance computing, hypersonic missiles, military aircraft training and drones (drones), thus threatening our national security.”
When the Inspur Group was put on the list in 2023, executives from AMD and NVIDIA were asked about their deals with the company. At the time, Chip industry insiders and their consultants said the company was trying to assess whether they had to stop offering Insper’s subsidiary. Reuters cannot immediately determine whether U.S. companies continue to conduct business with subsidiaries.
Nvidia declined to comment, and AMD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Chinese companies Nettrix Information Industry, Suma Technology Co and Suma-Usi Electronics are listed on the list. The United States said they were to help develop the addition of the Exascale supercomputer in China, which can process large amounts of data and perform large-scale simulations at very high speeds.
The business department said the companies also provide manufacturing capabilities for Sugon, also known as Dawning Information Inrovenation Co Co, a computer server manufacturer added to the entity list in 2019 to build supercomputers used by the military.
These companies were unable to comment immediately.
Other companies were added to the list to acquire the U.S.-original products to drive China’s quantum technology capabilities and to sell products to companies that offer other listed parties, including Huawei, the technology group is considered the center of China’s AI ambitions.
There are now over 1,000 organizations and people on the entity list.
Beijing Institute of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI), a new non-profit research and development institution in China and is also targeted by the United States, said Wednesday that it was shocking and asked relevant U.S. departments to withdraw their “wrong” decisions.
- Jim Pollard’s Extra Input and Editing by Reuters
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