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The Biden Administration included on Wednesday in the blacklist of entities that require special permissions from the United States ( Entity List ) to others 27 companies and individuals from China, Japan, Pakistan and Singapore, citing interests of national security and foreign policy .
The Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department Commerce added organizations to its list of entities, which require a license for the export or transfer of some items, in response to unethical or security-threatening behavior United States national.
“World trade and commerce should support peace, prosperity and well-paying jobs, not risks to national security ”, said in a statement the Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo .
“The actions today will help prevent the diversion of US technologies into the military advancement and non-proliferation activities of the People’s Republic of China and Russia, as well as Pakistan’s unprotected nuclear activities or the ballistic missile program. ”
The Department of Commerce is committed to the effective use of export to protect our national security ”.
Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce
The blacklisted companies include eight technology entities to which are prevented from using US technologies to support certain Chinese military applications , such as actions to circumvent radar and sonars and to circumvent submarines, and the ability to break encryption or develop unbreakable encryption.
Sixteen entities and individuals in China and Pakistan were named for contributing to activities Pakistan’s nuclear missiles or its ballistic missile program .
And added three affiliates of Corad Technology Limited , a Chinese company already on the entity list, for being involved in the v US technology leads to Iran’s military and space programs , to North Korean front companies and the defense industry of China .
The Commerce Department said that in addition to blacklists, it added an organization in Russia , the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, to the list of military end users due to its military products. The list requires a special license from the Bureau of Industry and Security in order to carry out certain exports.
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