The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security sanctioned 31 Chinese entities, as well as some entities in a number of third countries on the basis of their ties to the Chinese military, putting these companies under tighter export control rules.

Last week, the Biden administration took new actions to keep forced labor practices out of the U.S. supply chain by adding additional Chinese companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List.

MOFCOM spokesperson expressed "firm opposition" against both.

The U.S. government recently sanctioned more Chinese firms for their transactions with Iran and Russia. The Chinese government called the U.S. decisions "typical unilateral sanctions and 'long-arm jurisdiction'."

The U.S. Department of Commerce added five more Chinese tech companies to its Entity List on the basis of human rights violations. These companies are related to Hikvision, a Chinese maker of surveillance equipment. Hikvision claimed back in 2019 that it had low reliance on U.S. products for

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released enforcement data for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), showing the number of detained shipments from China and the rest of the world. So far U.S. customs officials have detained a total of US$961 million worth of products from

Last week, the U.S. Department of Treasury penalized two dozen Chinese entities for engaging in transactions with Iranian firms that fall under existing sanctions. Some of these transactions were indirectly tied to Russian attacks in Ukraine, according to the U.S. government.