By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA
The U.S. has now identified Chinese businesses as aiding Beijing’s military and has designated around two dozen including tech giants Alibaba Group and Baidu, limiting their operations in America. The additions include Chinese consumer and tech companies, including electric carmaker BYD, pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec and humanoid robotics company Unitree.
Alibaba is a Chinese conglomerate with e-commerce and cloud computing, while Baidu is a Chinese internet search and artificial intelligence company.
Companies on the list are barred from doing business with the U.S. military.d other businesses in the U.S.
Jeffrey Newman, JD, MBA, a former prosecutor, is a whistleblower lawyer whose firm represents physicians and other healthcare providers who become whistleblowers in healthcare fraud cases. The firm also takes cases involving tariff fraud and export control fraud. Whistleblower laws in the U.S. allow individuals with information about export control violations or tariff fraud to report it under the False Claims Act, which, if successful, awards the whistleblower a percentage of the amount collected. The Firm’s website is www.JeffNewmanLaw.com. Attorney Newman can be reached at Jeff@Jeffnewmanlaw.com or at 617-823-3217. For other blogs, see: http://JeffNewmanLaw.com
