Pentagon blacklists some of China's biggest tech firms

The Pentagon added several major Chinese technology firms, including Alibaba and Baidu, to a blacklist accusing them of supporting Beijing's military. The 1260H list complicates these companies' ability to work with the US government and carries reputational risks, though it does not automatically impose sanctions. The move reflects internal disagreements within the Trump administration over its China policy, as a prior version of the list was briefly unpublished.