The Trump administration has filed its response to a request for a preliminary injunction in a case involving the Department of Defense's decision to designate a Chinese biotech company as a "Chinese Military Company."

In a filing earlier this week, a Chinese biotech company laid out its case for asking a court to enjoin a Trump administration decision to designate it as a "Chinese Military Company."

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.

In the third lawsuit of its kind filed against Washington’s national security blacklists, global pharmaceutical and life sciences giant WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd. has filed a federal lawsuit challenging its designation as a "Chinese Military Company" (CMC).

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

Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai, has appealed a U.S. district court ruling rejecting a claim that it had been wrongly placed on a U.S. government blacklist.

This week, the U.S. government announced new additions to a list of "Chinese Military Companies" and also added several Chinese companies to a Commerce Department "Entity List."