Beijing flips the script on the U.S. tech war — and tests the truce weeks before Xi's visit

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 11: The national flag of China flies in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Commerce on November 11, 2025, in Beijing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China unleashed its broadest package of trade countermeasures since last October's truce, pushing back against a string of recent U.S. restrictions before President Xi Jinping's expected visit to Washington next month. The Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday barred Chinese entities from doing business with seven American companies and organizations, tightened export controls on U.S.-bound drones and related technology, and prohibited Chinese firms from cooperating with U.S. compliance and certification bodies, including in mandatory Chinese factory inspections.Six of the named entities were sanctioned over their involvement in Xinjiang-related sanctions, along with Arizona-based Compliance Testing, which was blacklisted for assisting recent Federal Communications Commission measures against Chinese products. The measures mark the first time Beijing has sanctioned firms that help enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, with "significant implications" for U.S. businesses oper...