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The White House previously expressed alarm about DJI and other Chinese makers of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Ross said the government is supposed to deny licenses to prevent SMIC from accessing technology to produce semiconductors at advanced technology levels: 10 nanometers or below.
Listing clears the way for the Commerce Department to restrict US business transactions with the companies.
US defense department added DJI Technology Co, world’s largest maker of consumer drones, to a list of Chinese companies that it deems to be connected to Beijing’s military.
This decision clears the way for the US Commerce Department to enact restrictions on US business transactions and investments with these companies.
A few weeks ago, Russia’s Beijing embassy posted on social media, praising the utility of DJI products in modern warfare.
Pentagon’s blacklist additionally includes China’s largest genomics firm, BGI Genomics, as well as an infrastructure giant - the China State Construction Group.