China expressed its opposition to the latest U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies over their alleged ties to Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying it will adopt necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of the country’s businesses.
The Ministry of Commerce in China in its statement firmly opposed the U.S. putting multiple Chinese companies on its export control list. The move bars such companies from trading with U.S. firms without gaining a nearly unobtainable special license.
The ministry said the U.S. action was “typical unilateral sanctions,” saying they would disrupt global trade orders and rules, as well as affect the stability of the global industrial and supply chains.
“China urges the U.S. to immediately stop its wrong practices and will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interest of Chinese companies,” it said.
The U.S. on Friday announced sweeping sanctions on hundreds of firms in Russia and across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, accusing them of providing products and services that enable Russia’s war effort and aiding its ability to evade sanctions
The U.S. Department of State said it was concerned by “the magnitude of dual-use goods exports” from China to Russia.
The U.S. action is the latest in a series of thousands of U.S. sanctions that have been imposed on Russian firms and their suppliers in other nations since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
According to the U.S. State Department, some China-based companies supplied machine tools and components to Russian companies.
