Key takeaways:

China strongly objected to the Pentagon adding more Chinese tech companies to its Section 1260H list, saying the move unfairly links major firms to the country’s military.
The updated list grew from 134 to 188 entries and now includes Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, Nio, Trina Solar, JA Solar Technology, Wuxi AppTec, Unitree, and TP-Link.
Beijing urged Washington to reverse the decision immediately and said it will retaliate forcefully if Chinese firms are not treated fairly.

Key Takeaways by nexos.ai, reviewed by Cybernews staff.

China said on Saturday that it’s “strongly dissatisfied” with the Pentagon's decision to label some of its leading tech firms as aiding the country’s military, with the commerce ministry calling on the Trump administration to reverse the move immediately.

The warning follows the US release of its updated Section 1260H list on Monday, which expanded its roster of entries from 134 last year to 188.

The list includes e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, internet search provider Baidu, and automakers BYD and Nio.

Apart from that, the world’s largest solar panel makers, Trina Solar and JA Solar Technology, were added. Among the additions were also the pharmaceutical firm Wuxi AppTec, the robot maker Unitree, and the networking equipment company TP-Link.

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“China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposes this,” the commerce ministry said in a statement, Reuters reports. “China urges the U.S. to immediately stop its erroneous practices, immediately withdraw relevant measures and return to the correct track of building a constructive strategic and stable China-U.S. relationship.”

It warned that Beijing will “inevitably retaliate resolutely and forcefully” if Chinese firms are not treated fairly.

The ministry also said that the move “ignored the consensus” reached between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, who recently met in Beijing.

Starting from 2027, the Pentagon will be prohibited from contracting directly with listed companies and will face restrictions on buying their products through third parties.

China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Tuesday that Beijing “firmly opposes the US overstretching the concept of national security and formulating various types of discriminatory lists to go after Chinese businesses”. He also urged Washington to “stop the unwarranted suppression.”