Failure of trade bullying becoming ever more apparent

Reportedly, the US Department of Defense has decided to remove Hesai Technology from the blacklist of enterprises it alleges have links with the Chinese military because the Pentagon believes that the world's leading manufacturer of laser sensors for electric vehicles does not meet the criteria for being blacklisted. This is an embarrassing flip-flop of the Joe Biden administration, which just added the company to the list in January this year claiming it had sufficient evidence to justify its decision.

In June, some US lawmakers also mooted the removal of DJI from the list under mounting pressure from US industry and market as the Chinese company has a large share of the drone market in the United States with the performance to cost ratio of its products unmatched by other manufacturers.

The US Congress passed legislation in 2021 requiring the Pentagon to compile the list. The act aims to strengthen the scrutiny of Chinese companies operating in or selling their products and services to the US.