Xiaomi removed from US govt blacklist to end contentious spat
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THE US Department of Defense will remove China’s Xiaomi Corp from a government blacklist, a court filing showed, marking a noteworthy reversal by the Biden administration of one of Donald Trump’s last jabs at China before exiting office.
The filing stated that the two parties would agree to resolve their ongoing litigation without further contest, bringing to an end a brief and controversial spat between the hardware company and Washington that had further soured Sino-US ties.
A Xiaomi spokeswoman said the company is watching the latest developments closely, without elaborating.
Shares in the company rocketed over 6 percent in Hong Kong as news of the decision spread. The company’s share price has tumbled roughly 20 percent since it was placed on the blacklist in January in the waning days of the Trump administration.
In response to the impending delisting per report, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a daily news briefing that China supports its companies to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests through legal channels.
“We hope the United States will rectify the mistakes of the previous administration, providing a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for the normal operations of Chinese companies,” Hua said.
US Department of Defense officials weren’t immediately available for comment after business hours.
The department had designated the firm as having ties to China’s military and placed it on a list that would restrict US investment in the company.
Seven other Chinese companies were also placed under similar restrictions.
Xiaomi went on the offensive by filing a lawsuit against the US government, calling its placement “unlawful and unconstitutional” and denying any ties to China’s military.
In March, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the blacklisting, citing the US government’s “deeply flawed” process for including it in the ban. Soon after that victory, Reuters reported that other Chinese firms placed on the same blacklist were considering similar lawsuits.
Xiaomi was among the more high-profile Chinese technology companies that Trump targeted for alleged ties to China’s military.
Xiaomi’s local smartphone rival Huawei Technologies was also put on an export blacklist in 2019 and barred from accessing critical technology of US origin, affecting its ability to design its own chips and source components from outside vendors.
Later, the US Department of Defense placed similar restrictions on China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, a firm key to China’s national drive to boost its domestic chip sector.
Doug Fuller, a professor who tracks China’s semiconductor sector at the City University of Hong Kong, says that Xiaomi’s win was “low-hanging fruit” for the Biden administration in its efforts to correct the excesses of Trump’s China policy.
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