US Should Sanction Chinese Companies for Supporting Russia, Lawmaker Says

The U.S. didn’t do enough to penalize the Chinese companies accused by the Commerce Department this week of helping Russia evade export controls (see 2206280056), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said the U.S should also have placed financial sanctions on the companies, adding that State Department Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman told the committee in April that China would face “consequences” if its companies provided support to Russia.

“[T]he administration’s feeble concept of ‘consequences’ will do little to deter [China’s] ongoing support for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s war crimes,” McCaul said June 29. A State Department spokesperson didn’t comment.