The US has added 26 entities to its trade blacklist for alleged support of weapons and drone programs in Pakistan and Iran, and aid to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, among other issues.
According to reports from foreign agencies, the US Department of Commerce says these 26 companies located in Pakistan, China and the United Arab Emirates violated export controls, were involved in ‘questionable weapons programs’ or were subject to US sanctions on Russia and Iran. And charged with evading export controls.
These companies will also be barred from buying US goods and technology without Washington’s permission.
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez said in a statement that we remain vigilant to protect American national security from bad elements, adding that our actions today send a message to those elements that if they attack our If they violate the control, they will have to pay for it.
Nine Pakistani companies were included for acting as front companies and procurement agents for a Pakistani company, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security says the remaining seven Pakistani companies were involved in Pakistan’s ballistic missile program. Added due to contribution to missile program.
Since 2010, the group has misled consumers into buying American goods.
The list also includes six Chinese companies that allegedly bought US goods to modernize China’s military or support Iran’s weapons and drone programs, three from the United Arab Emirates and one from Egypt. tried to get US goods to avoid sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
The US Department of Commerce has blacklisted Canadian company Sandwine over its actions to prevent technology misuse.
The Commerce Department says the Canadian company was added to the list in February 2024 after its products were widely used for web monitoring and censorship and the targeting of human rights activists and dissidents.
