As part of its response to a Chinese spy balloon that traversed US airspace last week, the Joe Biden administration on Friday (local time) clamped down on sales of some of its technology to several Chinese aviation and technology companies, reported The New York Times (NYT).
The Commerce Department added five Chinese companies and one research institute to its so-called entity list, which will prevent companies from selling them American parts and technologies without a special license. Alan Estevez, the undersecretary of commerce for industry and security, said the action directly responded to the Chinese government’s use of high-altitude balloons for surveillance, reported NYT.
“Today’s action makes clear that entities that seek to harm US national security and sovereignty will be cut off from accessing US technologies,” he said.