China strikes back at EU sanctions targeting defense, tech firms
News Trade China strikes back at EU sanctions targeting defense, tech firms The announcement came a day after the EU added 14 Chinese and Hong Kong entities to its sanctions list, barring European companies from doing business with them. This marks Beijing’s most direct and forceful response yet to EU sanctions listings, which it denounced as “egregious.” Recent studies estimate that up to 90 percent of sanctioned goods still reaching Russia transit through China. Germany’s rapidly expanding defense company Rheinmetall is among 14 firms that Chinese exporters are now barred from supplying with dual-use goods — products that have both civilian and military applications — China’s Ministry of Commerce said Friday.
- ▪News Trade China strikes back at EU sanctions targeting defense, tech firms The announcement came a day after the EU added 14 Chinese and Hong Kong entities to its sanctions list, barring European companies from doing business with them.
- ▪This marks Beijing’s most direct and forceful response yet to EU sanctions listings, which it denounced as “egregious.” Recent studies estimate that up to 90 percent of sanctioned goods still reaching Russia transit through China.
- ▪Germany’s rapidly expanding defense company Rheinmetall is among 14 firms that Chinese exporters are now barred from supplying with dual-use goods — products that have both civilian and military applications — China’s Ministry of Commerce s
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News Trade China strikes back at EU sanctions targeting defense, tech firms The announcement came a day after the EU added 14 Chinese and Hong Kong entities to its sanctions list, barring European companies from doing business with them. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech Copy Link Copied Share via email Share on X Share on WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn A Bundeswehr truck with the logo Rheinmetall is seen in Unna on July 21, 2026. | Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images July 24, 2026 2:13 pm CET By Koen Verhelst BRUSSELS — China announced it will add export restrictions on 14 EU defense and technology companies after the EU added 14 Chinese businesses to its Russia sanctions lists.
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