Defense Department accuses Huawei, along with 19 other top Chinese companies, of having links to the Chinese military

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• The Defense Department on Wednesday published a list of Chinese companies that operate in the US and have been linked to the Chinese military.
• The list was required as part of the 1999 National Defense Authorization Act but was not previously assembled, according to Axios.
• The act states that the president has the authority to impose sanctions against any of the companies listed, which include telecommunications giant Huawei, and Hikvision, which was blacklisted by the US in October 2019.
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The Defense Department made its list of Chinese companies that operate in the US and have been linked to the Chinese military public this week.

The list was published by Axios and other media outlets on Wednesday. It was required as part of the 1999 National Defense Authorization Act but was not previously assembled, according to Axios.

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