Hitachi and Mitsubishi among the various Japanese companies doomed under China’s new blacklist

China has extended the Dual-use Blacklist, targeting Japanese Defense and Industrial Entities Amid Tokyo’s Neo-Militarist Agenda.

Komatsu, Mitsui and Mitsubishi have been named in the new list from Beijing.

China has expanded export controls on what is being described as Japanese defense and industrial entities in response to Tokyo’s neo-militarist agenda, including its nuclear ambitions.

The move follows February’s blacklisting of 40 Japanese entities for dual-use items.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has also placed a total of 20 Japanese entities, among them the National Institute for Defense Studies on the Export Control List for dual-use items and another 20, including MITSUI E&S Company Limited on the Export Control Watch List.

Beijing said the measures target only military-related entities and do not affect normal China-Japan trade.

The Japanese entities that China has added to export control list include the National Institute for Defense Studies, the Ground Systems Research Center, Naval Systems Research Center, Air Systems Research centre, NIKKO TOKKI Company, Mitsubishi Electric Defense and Space Technologies, Mitsubishi Electric Software Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Engineering and Mitsubishi Precision Company Limited.

Others are MHI Oceanics, MHI Sagami High-tech, MHI Logitech Company Limited, KOWA KOGYO, MHI Special Vehicles Parts Supply & Technical Service, and MHI Maritech Company Limited.

Also locked under China’s export control list are the Kawajyu Gifu Manufacturing Company Limited, NIPPI Corporation, Fortunio Company and Aoki Seimitsu Kogyo Company.

Beijing has on the other hand placed several other Japanese entities on a watch list and these include MITSUI E&S and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Maintenance Center.

Also, the Terra Drone Corporation, ACSL Limited, Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Company, Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited,Fujitsu Network Solutions Limited, Hitachi Advanced Systems Corporation.

There is also Komatsu Industries Corporation, OKI Electric Industry, OKI Com-Echoes, OKI Circuit Technology and OKI Engineering Company.

There is also YDK Technologies, Nihon Denji Sokki, Howa Machinery, Hosoya Pyro-Engineering and Fujikura Parachute Company.

This is not the first time China has taken such action. In February, China added 20 firms, including subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI Corporation and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, to its export control list for dual-use items.

EU and China’s joint trade deal

Meanwhile, China and the European Union (EU) have launched the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation (TIC) mechanism

Inaugural talks for the TIC mechanism were co-chaired by Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič.

The two sides identified four initial work streams: trade and investment balancing, export controls, intellectual property rights and WTO reform.

They also agreed to establish a joint monitoring mechanism to exchange data and monitor trade flows.