Pentagon Blacklists EV Maker BYD, Tech Giants Alibaba And Baidu Over Links To Chinese Military

Pentagon adds Alibaba, BYD, Baidu and others to its Chinese military companies list, barring US defense contracts. China, Alibaba condemn the move as discriminatory and baseless. Pentagon has blacklisted several major Chinese companies, including technology company Alibaba to its list of Chinese military companies. This will prevent these companies to receive any US defence contracts in future. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Defence Department, an update has been made to the names of “Chinese military companies” operating directly or indirectly in the United States in accordance with the statutory requirement of Section 1260H of the National…