On June 22, 2026, the People’s Republic of China announced new restrictive measures affecting dozens of US companies, in a move coming just two weeks after the US Department of Defense’s June 8 expansion of its Section 1260H list of “Chinese Military Companies” list. These latest measures clear examples of Washington and Beijing increasingly reaching for the same instrument: targeted, list-based tools, including procurement bans, export-control designations, sanctions listings and investment restrictions.

We recently published an update on these developments. Read the full insight here.