China’s government has placed 20 Japanese companies on an export control list and another 20 on a watch list.
Chinese exporters are prohibited from selling dual-use goods (used in both civil and military applications) to companies involved in the manufacture of military items, such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Fujitsu, among others.
Foreign organizations or individuals are also prohibited from supplying dual-use items originating in China to the 20 listed companies. “All ongoing related activities must cease immediately”, determined the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, this Tuesday, 24.
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A separate list includes another 20 Japanese companies to which Chinese exporters are required to submit individual export license applications, with risk assessment reports and written commitments that dual-use items will not be used for military purposes.
The second list includes companies and entities such as Subaru Corporation, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation and the Tokyo Institute of Science.
The measure will not affect “normal economic and trade exchanges between China and Japan”, said the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. “Honest and law-abiding Japanese entities have absolutely nothing to fear.”
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The relationship between China and Japan deteriorated after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in November, shortly after taking office, that Japan could intervene in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan. Source: Associated Press and Dow Jones Newswires*.
*Content translated with the help of Artificial Intelligence, reviewed and edited by the Editorial Team BroadcastGrupo Estado’s real-time news system.
