US adds dozens of companies including Pakistani firms to export blacklist

The United States has placed dozens of entities, including those from China, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates, on an export blacklist as part of efforts to curb China’s advancements in artificial intelligence chips, hypersonic weapons, and military-related technologies.

This action impacts 80 entities across nations such as China, Iran, Taiwan, Pakistan, South Africa, and the UAE, restricting their access to U.S. items and technologies without government approval.

Among the targeted entities are 11 based in China and one in Taiwan, accused of developing advanced AI, supercomputers, and high-performance AI chips for users linked to China’s military-industrial complex.

Notable names include the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence and subsidiaries of Inspur Group.

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Other entities were blacklisted for their involvement in unsafeguarded nuclear activities or ballistic missile programs.

The move aims to prevent U.S. technologies from being exploited for purposes like high-performance computing, hypersonic missile development, and military aircraft training, according to Jeffrey Kessler, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security.