CETC Subsidiaries Sanctioned By US Commerce Department
Today, the US is adding sanctions on seven subsidiaries of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), a PRC state-run organization that created and is still the controlling shareholder of Hikvision.
This is the same type of sanctions that Hikvision was imposed in 2019.
In this report, we examine the US government's move, the sanctions' goals, and what comes next.
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