Morning Edition · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Alibaba Sues the Pentagon to Shed a 'Chinese Military Company' Label
The lawsuit challenges a designation that bars the company from supplying the US Defense Department, the latest front in the US-China technology split.
Alibaba has sued the US Defense Department to remove itself from the Pentagon's Section 1260H list of companies it ties to China's military, a designation the company says has "no basis in fact or law." The petition, filed June 23 in the No…
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US-China Technology Decoupling
The US and China keep widening the separation of their technology sectors from chips toward platforms, models, and corporate access, and each new designation or countersuit pushes firms to pick a side and rebuild supply chains around the bloc they serve.
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