Removal from US blacklist shows that suppression moves lack legitimacy
China DailyTwo more Chinese companies have successfully challenged US authorities' controversial moves to blacklist them, highlighting Washington's growing lack of legitimacy as it seeks to suppress global competitors through unilateral political means, company executives and industry experts said on Thursday. In February, the two companies were added to Washington's list of "Entities Identified as Chinese Military Companies Operating in the US", due to the so-called "threat to US national security". He added that US moves "to suppress China's chip and other high-tech industries have violated WTO rules, disrupted the global industrial order, and fragmented supply chains, which all led to increased costs and decreased efficiency". Liu Ying, a senior researcher at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, said, "US suppression of China will inevitably trigger comprehensive countermeasures from Chinese companies and industries, ranging from legal to trade rule-based responses."