Morning Edition · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Alibaba Sues the Pentagon to Get Off Its Chinese-Military-Company List
The challenge to the Section 1260H designation adds a legal dimension to the contest between the United States and China over who controls artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
Alibaba filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Defense, asking a court to remove it from the Pentagon's Section 1260H list of companies tied to China's military, as Bloomberg reported. The Defense Department added Alibaba on J…
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