Washington Imposes Sanctions on 5 Chinese Tech Companies - Sarmad
The US State Department announces sanctions against Chinese companies accused of stealing trade secrets.
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
(KUNA) – The U.S. Department of State announced on Monday the imposition of sanctions on five Chinese technology companies, accusing them of involvement in practices that violate the intellectual property rights of Americans.
Spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement that the sanctioned entities are linked to a Chinese citizen named Linwei Deng, and that the sanctions were imposed under the U.S. Intellectual Property Protection Act and in light of “their involvement in the theft of trade secrets belonging to Americans.”
Pigott emphasized that the theft of trade secrets “poses a serious threat to U.S. economic interests, foreign policy interests, and national security.”
He noted that these sanctions follow an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the activities of the aforementioned individual.
He clarified that “on January 29, 2026, a U.S. federal jury convicted Deng on seven counts related to the theft of trade secrets, finding him guilty of stealing thousands of pages of confidential information containing trade secrets belonging to Google related to supercomputing technology, for the purpose of achieving personal gain and benefiting Chinese-headquartered technology companies.”
The U.S. official stressed that the theft of trade secrets linked to sensitive and emerging technologies harms U.S. jobs, companies, and investments, and costs the U.S. industrial sector billions of dollars annually.
He also noted that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump “reaffirms its firm commitment to protecting American innovation and safeguarding Americans’ rights against intellectual property theft.”
