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. national security

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'."

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.

On December 15, the U.S. Treasury Department added one Chinese individual and several Chinese companies to a designated list on the basis of their involvement in illicit drug trade. The designated persons and related personnel would be subject to sanctions, including blocking assets and denial of entrance into the