China Sanctions 9 US Firms Over Arms Sales to Taiwan

Analysts say Beijing’s latest move to pressure the United States to curb arms sales to Taiwan has no real effect.

Navy personnel on a Taiwanese Navy warship in Keelung, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2022. Annabelle Chih/Getty Images

China’s communist regime has imposed sanctions on nine U.S. defense companies over recent arms sales to Taiwan, including freezing their properties in China.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) described the sanctions, which went into effect on Sept. 18, as “countermeasures,” which include freezing the targeted firms’ properties in China and prohibiting Chinese organizations and individuals from conducting transactions with these companies.