In a filing earlier this week, a Chinese tech company laid out its case for an injunction in relation to a Trump administration decision to designate it as a "Chinese Military Company," focusing on first amendment speech issues.

Adding to the growing list of complaints against the designation of companies as a "Chinese Military Company" (CMC), tech giant Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in federal district court in the Northern District of California, challenging the designation made earlier this month.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Defense released an update to the names of "Chinese military companies" operating directly or indirectly in the United States, pursuant to Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The Department identified 188 entities, including major tech companies

Last week, Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and eight other Republican Senators sent a letter urging several Biden administration officials "to impose sanctions and take other decisive actions against Huawei Cloud and other People’s Republic of China (PRC) cloud service providers that pose a threat to U.S.