The United States included in its list of export restrictions to six subsidiaries of the INSPUR Group, the main Chinese supplier of cloud computing services and macrodatos, already tens of other Chinese entities.
The INSPUR units were included in the list for contributing to the development of supercomputers for the Chinese army, said the Department of Commerce in a publication. Five of the subsidiaries are based in China and one in Taiwan. The INSPUR group itself was included in the list in 2023.
The INSPUR units are among the nearly 80 companies and institutes added Tuesday to the export control list. More than 50 are based in China. Others are in Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates.
The lists intend to restrict China’s ability to develop high performance computing capabilities, quantum technologies and advanced artificial intelligence and prevent the development of their hypersonic weapons program.
“We will not allow adversaries to exploit US technology to strengthen their own armies and threaten the lives of Americans,” said Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick.
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The Chinese embassy in Washington said that “it firmly opposes these acts taken by the US and requires that you immediately use issues related to military affairs as a pretext to politicize, instrumentalize and turn commercial and technological issues into weapons.”
The United States also aims to interrupt the acquisition by Iran of Drones and related defense articles and prevent the development of its Balistic missile program and its nuclear activities without safeguards.
The Government adds companies to the list of entities of the Department of Commerce for reasons of national security or foreign policy. Companies cannot sell goods to those included in the list without requesting and obtaining licenses, which will probably be denied.
With Reuters information
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