US blacklist on China is riddled with errors, outdated details
Source: Reuters
US blacklist on China is riddled with errors, outdated details
Reuters
Thu, May 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM EDT·8 min read
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN (Reuters) - Doris Au, a seller of door locks and hardware in Hong Kong for 25 years, received a letter from her bank, DBS Group, last June stating that her business account would be closed. The bank gave little explanation but subsequently froze the account, killing her business with international suppliers, she said.
Au discovered after searching online that another firm with a similar name was added to the U.S. trade blacklist in October 2023 for "providing support to Russia's military and/or defense industrial base." The entry identified two addresses, one of which was Au's warehouse.
"We are not that company. It's totally a mistake," Au told Reuters in her warehouse stacked with locks, hinges and sliding-door kits from well-known brands.
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A Reuters review of almost 100 Chinese and Hong Kong companies added to the U.S. entity list in 2023 and 2024 found more than a quarter, or 26 entries, contained erroneous details, such as incorrect names and addresses and outdated information.
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