37 Chinese companies and schools put on US red-flag ‘unverified’ list
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The U.S. Commerce Department announced that it is adding 37 Chinese companies and schools to a red-flag list of “unverified” entities that U.S. companies should treat with caution, according to a notice in the Federal Register.
One company on the list is the Aisin Nantong Technical Center, a Chinese subsidiary of a Japanese auto parts manufacturer. Another is Beijing Bayi Space LCD Materials Technology Co Ltd, which has received patents for high-end screen technology.
Several other of the companies named specialize in precision optics, electronics, machine tools or aviation.
Schools on the list include the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, whose website says it specializes in physics and chemistry research aimed at defense and economic development as well as training graduate students.
Other schools on the list are the Guangdong University of Technology in Guangzhou, Renmin University, Tongji University in Shanghai and two schools in Xi’an, China.
The list also includes six organizations in Hong Kong, four in the United Arab Emirates, two in Malaysia and one in Indonesia.
The listing also removes five Russian companies, three Chinese entities and one Finnish firm from the list.
The listing means that the U.S. companies will treat the organizations with caution.
Being put on an “unverified” list means that U.S. suppliers to the unverified companies and schools can no longer use license exceptions to, for example, sell products to repair goods that were sold previously but instead will have to get a new license.
The Commerce Department will put entities on the “unverified” list if the organizations decline to answer questions about how U.S. goods are used.
