Sanctions
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Where China Stands on Western Sanctions against Russia
Recently, the United States, the European Union and other nations have announced
a wide range of sanctions against Russia. China's initial reaction has been to
criticize the use of these sanctions as a matter of principle, but the extent to
which it will cooperate with the sanctions remains
Beijing Says It Will Sanction US Defense Firms over Taiwan Arms Sales
During a recent press conference, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said that China would impose sanctions on two U.S. defense firms, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, over arms sales to Taiwan.
U.S. Imposes Missile Proliferation Sanctions on Three Chinese Entities
The U.S. State Department has announced that three Chinese entities will be subject to sanctions due to "missile technology proliferation activities."
U.S. Treasury Lists Chinese Companies and Individual for Illicit Drugs
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
U.S. House and Senate Agree To Compromise Legislation on Uyghur Forced Labor Import Ban
Having previously passed slightly different versions of legislation designed to
address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (see here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/senate-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/] and
here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/]
), the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have now reached a compromise
and drafted legislation that
SenseTime Added To U.S. Treasury Investment Blacklist
On Friday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the U.S. Treasury Department
added
[https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20211210]
the Chinese company SenseTime to its non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial
Complex
Companies List
[https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/consolidated-sanctions-list/ns-cmic-list]
, which would effectively mean that Americans are
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
In a 428-1 vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021412?BillNum=H.R.1155] the "Uyghur Forced
Labor Prevention Act
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text]," which is
intended to "[e]nsur[e] that goods made