China’s state-owned COSCO Shipping Holdings has been placed on the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) sanctions list, together with 130 other Chinese companies, for their alleged ties to the country’s military. As informed, the primary objective of this list, which now comprises a total of 134 companies, is to restrict the entities’ economic and technological interactions … Continue reading COSCO blacklisted: Sanctions signal new front in US-China (maritime) rivalry