A US judge on Friday barred the Defense Department from including Chinese biotechnology company WuXi AppTec Co on a list of companies believed to support Beijing’s military, saying the government lacked evidence to justify the decision.
Background
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued an order to block enforcement of the designation of WuXi in June after the company filed suit. WuXi told the court the company employs roughly 450 people in the United States and serves more than 1,000 U.S. customers.
A majority of the company’s board and executive managers are U.S. citizens, and U.S. customers accounted for roughly 70% of its revenue last year, it said. WuXi’s lawsuit said its designation as a Chinese military company was arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by the facts and “the product of political pressure.”
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