United States: 28 Chinese organizations blacklisted

New rebound in the war of the customs tariffs that are committed for more than one year the United States and China. On Monday, October 7, the US Department of Commerce announced in a statement that the United States has placed 28 blacklisted government and trade organizations in China. In part, they blame them for being involved in the authorities' crackdown on the Muslim Uyghur minority. "The US government and the Commerce Department can not and will not tolerate the brutal suppression of ethnic minorities across China," said US Trade Secretary Wilbur Ross, quoted in the statement.

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This US decision comes just days before the resumption of negotiations between Beijing and Washington to reach a comprehensive trade agreement to end the impasse in the war tariffs that have been committed for over a year the first two world powers. These organizations are denied the opportunity to import products from the United States. "This measure will allow our technologies (…) not to be used to suppress defenseless minority populations," said Wilbur Ross. The US government indicates that eight of these organizations are commercial entities, the others being government groups, including the Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang, northwestern China, where they are interned in camps up to one year. million Muslims, mainly ethnic Uyghur, according to experts and human rights organizations.

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"These entities have all been involved in the implementation of the Chinese campaign of repression, arbitrary mass detention and high-tech surveillance," the statement said. Among the targeted business entities are the company specializing in Hikvision video surveillance and artificial intelligence companies Megvii Technology and SenseTime, according to an official document to be released Wednesday. Megvii said in a statement that it was "firmly" opposed to a US decision "without any basis in fact". The company defended its "positive impact on society". Last month, the US Senate passed a bill to increase pressure on China, with the threat of sanctions, to put an end to "human rights violations."