China announced on Wednesday that it has decided to include 12 United States entities to its export control list.From 12:01 p.m.
on April 10, the export of dual-use products to these 12 companies including American Photonics, Novotech, Inc.
and Echodyne will be prohibited, while any continuous associated export activities must be stopped immediately, a representative for the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement.The other nine entities are Marvin Engeering Company, Inc., Exovera, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., BRINC Drones, Inc., SYNEXXUS, Inc., Firestorm Labs, Inc., Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc., Domo Tactical Communications and Insitu, Inc.The ministry added that in special cases where export is considered required, the exporter needs to make an application for approval.The decision was made in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations, the representative said, worrying that no exporter will be enabled to break these control steps.(With input from Xinhua)