According to Reuters and other foreign media sources, the U.S. Department of Commerce claimed on the 17th that it has issued subpoenas to a number of Chinese companies that provide information and communications technology services (ICTS) in the United States to review whether they constitute a "national security threat". This is said to be a request for a review of the transactions under Executive Order 13873 to investigate whether the transactions involving the companies comply with relevant regulations or whether they pose a security risk to the United States. However, the statement did not mention any specific companies.

In a statement, Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo reportedly declared that “Beijing’s actions have undermined our technological superiority and threatened our alliances.” She also claimed that the subpoenas would be used “to” Gather information" that will allow us to determine possible actions to best protect American companies, the safety of American workers, and the national security of the United States. We hope to work with these companies to complete a thorough review. "

In addition, Raimondo claimed that the Commerce Department is committed to taking steps to ensure that "untrusted" companies are not allowed to misuse data and that U.S. technology is not used for "malign activities" in China.

Prior to this, the U.S. Department of Commerce had included Huawei, Fiberhome and other Chinese communication equipment manufacturers on the Entity List. At the same time, the U.S. also banned the U.S. government and contractors from using Huawei and ZTE’s communication equipment, and required U.S. rural operators to also abandon Use telecommunications equipment from Huawei and ZTE. In addition, last year the United States also added China Unicom, China Telecom, China Mobile, etc. to the military blacklist.

It is worth noting that Huawei has previously sued the US government for being placed on the Entity List by the US Department of Commerce. Subsequently, Xiaomi also sued the U.S. Department of Defense for being placed on the military blacklist by the U.S. Department of Defense, and successfully obtained the support of the U.S. court.

A U.S. federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Defense from enforcing or implementing a policy of classifying Xiaomi as a so-called "Chinese military-related enterprise."

According to the latest Reuters report, lawyers familiar with the matter said that other Chinese companies that have been included in the "blacklist" are also considering suing the U.S. government, and some of them are in talks with law firms such as Steptoe & Johnson and Hogan Lovells.