BEIJING: China banned 10 US defense firms on Thursday over arms sales to Taiwan, the second round of actions against US companies over the issue in less than a week.
Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Raytheon subsidiaries that “participated in arms sales to Taiwan” have been added to China’s “list of untrusted entities,” the country’s commerce ministry announced Thursday. .
They will be prohibited from engaging in import and export activities or making new investments in China, while their senior managers will be banned from entering the country, the ministry said.