On June 17, 2026, reports emerged indicating that the U.S. Department of Commerce had opted to postpone the inclusion of over 100 Chinese companies—among them, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and ChangXin Memory Technologies—on the export control 'Entity List.' This move was aimed at preventing further escalation of tensions between China and the United States. In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian emphasized that China has consistently opposed the United States' tendency to overextend the concept of national security and misuse export control measures to suppress Chinese enterprises. He urged the U.S. to cease politicizing and weaponizing economic, trade, and technological matters.
