Sanctions
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China's Top Diplomat Complains to Blinken; Next Moves Uncertain
During a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken today, Chinese State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the United States to stop trying to contain and suppress China. As it is unlikely that the U.S. will change course at this point, and any Chinese
New Law Journal Article Examines Chinese Sanctions Regime
In a recent law journal article, law professor Timothy Webster describes the Chinese sanctions regime, the Western sanctions mechanisms that inspired it, and also its deviation from Western goals.
U.S. Commerce Department Charges Chinese Company With Violating U.S. Export Controls Related To Shipments To Iran
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has charged a Chinese technology company with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.
U.S. Senate Bill Would Sanction Facilitation of Russian Oil/Gas Shipments to China
Last week, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced a bill that would sanction insurers/registrars of ships sending oil from Russia to China.
Congressional Hearing with BIS Under Secretary Addresses Russia Sanctions, Touches on China Issues
At a recent Congressional hearing, a senior Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) official testified and answered questions on a number of issues related to China's compliance with U.S. sanctions and its access to U.S. technology.
U.S. Treasury's Latest Iran Oil Sanctions Hit Chinese Firms
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed new sanctions in relation to purchases of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products, with sales to China implicated by the measures.
U.S. Commerce Department Adds Chinese Companies to Entity List, Citing Russia Support
The U.S. Commerce Department has added a number of Chinese (and other) companies to its Entity List, with one of the reasons being the support provided by certain companies "to Russia’s military and/or defense industrial base."