Countermeasures against US planned as Chinese chip and drone leaders sanctioned

China vowed to take countermeasures after the United States imposed sanctions on the national chipmaker SMIC and the global drone giant DJI, among others, as trade and security tensions between the two countries continue to spiral downward.

China’s Ministry of Commerce said the United States “generalized national security and abused export controls to suppress companies, institutions and individuals from other countries,” seriously damaging the international economic order, free trade rules and security. of global supply chains.

Beijing’s response came after the United States added about 60 Chinese firms to the list of entities on Friday for “actions deemed contrary to national security or the interest of US foreign policy,” according to a statement from the Department. of Commerce of the United States.

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