The European Commission has proposed sanctions on seven Chinese companies accused of selling equipment that could be used in weapons for Russia’s war, the Financial Times (FT) has reported.
The companies, some of them already sanctioned by the US, are included in a sanctions proposal that would be discussed by European countries later this week, said an FT report published yesterday, citing a proposal it had seen.
Mainland-based 3HC Semiconductors Co (三合成半導體) and King-Pai Technology Co (金派科技), as well as Sinno Electronics Co (信諾電子), Sigma Technology Ltd (希舸電子), Asia Pacific Links Ltd, Tordan Industry Ltd and Alpha Trading Investments Ltd, which are based in Hong Kong, are on the proposed sanction list, the report said.
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The list would need to receive unanimous approval from the 27 EU member states before taking effect, the report said.
The proposal accused 3HC, a computer chip maker, of attempting to evade export controls and acquire US-origin items in support of Russia’s military or defense industrial base, it said.
There was also a proposal to sanction some Iranian companies involved in making and supplying drones to Russia, as well as to widen the range of banned exports to Russia, the report said.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin (汪文斌) told a news briefing in Beijing that his country’s economic trade with Russia was “completely above board.”
“If the reports you mentioned are true, the EU’s actions will seriously undermine China-EU mutual trust and cooperation, and deepen division and confrontation in the world,” he added.
“It is highly dangerous. We urge the EU not to go on this wrong path, otherwise China will take firm actions to safeguard our legitimate and lawful interests.”
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