The US Department of Commerce adds DJI, the world's largest drone company, to the embargo list because of 'technical burden of human rights violations'

78 new companies have been added to the trade blacklist 'Entity List' designated by the US Department of Commerce. Of the 78 newly designated companies, 60 are Chinese companies, most of which are the world's largest drone 'DJI' and semiconductor giant 'Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC)'. It contains.

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Commerce Adds China's SMIC to the Entity List, Restricting Access to Key Enabling US Technology | US Department of Commerce
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UPDATED: DJI placed on US Dept of Commerce Entity list; issues response
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The Trump administration has often put Chinese technology companies on the entity list and taken strict controls, such as banning government agencies from buying telecommunications equipment directly from Chinese companies . For example, Huawei has strict export controls, and even affiliated companies are included in the entity list.

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The reason for the strict control measures for these technology companies was usually that they 'provide security risks', but for DJI, 'human rights violations' are the reason. The United States Industrial Security Agency, which has jurisdiction over the entity list, told Drone DJ, a news site about drones, that DJI's entry into the entity list is not a security issue for its products, but 'widespread by providing gene collection and high-tech monitoring technology. It made it possible to violate human rights. '

'It's unclear exactly how DJI was responsible for gene collection,' Drone DJ said, but the Chinese Communist Party is using its products to monitor ethnic minorities such as Muslims and Uighurs in the country. Reported. 'The movie reported by CNN is said to have been aerial shot with a DJI drone,' citing footage of the moment of mass detention of the Uighurs by Chinese authorities reported by CNN.

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Regarding this measure, DJI told the press that 'American customers can still buy and use our products,' but how does this inclusion in the entity list make DJI products? It is unknown whether it will affect the situation.

In addition to DJI, Chinese semiconductor giant 'SMIC' is included in the entity list. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the SMIC was 'subsidized by the Chinese government and used American technology to support China's military modernization.'