Since the summer of 2010, Sino-US relations have gradually drifted apart. During the four years of Trump’s administration, this most important bilateral relationship in the world has been in free fall. Since the U.S. election, much attention has been paid to the changes in the foreign policy of the next U.S. government, especially in Sino-U.S. relations.
However, in the last few weeks of the Trump administration, tough measures against China have been continuously launched, and Sino-US relations will once again become anxious.
The Trump administration announced a ban on the import of cotton and products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
The U.S. government has long been hyping up Xinjiang-related issues, repeatedly They used “human rights issues” to attack China, and now they are using the excuse of “forced labor” to increase the suppression of Xinjiang’s cotton industry.
In September this year, news came out that the United States planned to issue a “Xinjiang cotton ban.” On December 2, local time, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) took action and announced that it had imposed restrictions on production. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, one-third of China’s Xinjiang cotton production giants, issued a “ban” banning the import of cotton and cotton fabrics from this company.
According to a press briefing released on the CBP official website, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Trade Office has issued a “temporary “Detention Order” requires all ports of entry in the United States to detain cotton products and any similar products produced by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The detained goods will only be released if the importer can provide evidence to prove that no “forced labor” was used in the production process.
This order applies to all cotton produced by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and its affiliated units, as well as clothing, textiles and other cotton fabrics. This is the sixth enforcement action announced by the U.S. Customs Service in the past three months targeting products produced with “forced labor” in Xinjiang. The press briefing mentions that they will continue to act to prevent goods produced with so-called “forced labor” from entering the United States.
“South China Morning Post” reported that the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps’ cotton production accounts for one-third of China’s total cotton production, and it has been deeply integrated into the supply chain of China and the world. . Some textile industry experts said that it is almost impossible to import textiles from China without the participation of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
At a press conference on the 2nd, Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Ken Cuchney Ken Cuccinelli once again used “human rights issues” to attack China, and also tried to discredit the “Made in China” label. He falsely claimed that “when you buy gifts for relatives and friends, if these cotton fabrics come from China, they may be made by slave labor, which violates human rights.” “‘Made in China’ is not only a place of origin, it is also a warning label.”
In fact, as early as July this year, the US Treasury Department had banned all financial transactions with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. In September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection also banned the import of cotton, hair care products and computer parts from many companies in Xinjiang. Cuccinelli also threatened at the press conference on the 2nd that the Trump administration is also considering taking further actions to ban the import of all cotton from the Xinjiang region.
Four more Chinese companies have been blacklisted
According to Reuters, the Trump administration will place Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on December 3 ) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) were included in the so-called “Chinese Communist Party’s military-industrial enterprises” blacklist.
Including the above two companies, the U.S. Department of Defense also included China Construction Technology Co. and China International Engineering Consulting Corp. The so-called “Chinese Communist Party’s military-industrial enterprises” blacklist.
As early as the end of November, news broke that the Trump administration was planning to transfer SMIC And China National Offshore Oil Corporation has been added to the “Ministry of Defense blacklist”.
The United States believes that China strives to support companies in using emerging civilian technologies for military purposes. The list is also part of a broader U.S. response to China’s practices.
This list of “Chinese Communist Military Enterprises” is compiled based on the 1999 law. The law requires the Defense Department to compile a list of companies “owned or controlled” by the Chinese military, but the Defense Department did not compile the list until 2020.
Hikvision, China Telecom and China Mobile were added to the list earlier this year.
The United States issues new rules restricting travel to the United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families
According to a report on the US “New York Times” website, the Trump administration on December 2 New regulations were issued on the same day to restrict members of the Chinese Communist Party and their immediate family members from traveling to the United States.
According to two people familiar with the matter, this new policy will limit the maximum validity period of travel visas for members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families to the United States to a single entry per month, effective immediately. According to reports, before this, members of the Communist Party of China, like other Chinese citizens, could obtain travel rights to the United States for up to 10 years.Certificate.
A top U.S. security official said on Wednesday that the United States is cracking down on what it claims is technology theft, Reuters reported. Against the backdrop of the epidemic, more than 1,000 Chinese researchers have left the United States, and the United States also claims that Chinese agents have targeted the incoming Biden administration.
John Demers, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Justice for National Security Affairs, claimed at a discussion that day that these (Chinese) researchers had left the United States. Demers also claimed that the department has launched multiple criminal cases involving industrial and technological espionage against these so-called “Chinese agents.”
In addition, Demers also continued to smear that “only China has the resources, capabilities and willingness” to engage in the widespread “foreign influence” that U.S. (intelligence) agencies have seen in recent years. Activity”. The report mentioned that an official from the Ministry of Justice said that these people are different from the group of people mentioned by the (U.S.) State Department in September. The U.S. State Department said in September that the United States had revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese citizens and banned the entry of students and researchers deemed to be “security risks.”
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