What We Know About China’s ‘Unreliable Entities’ Blacklist

U.S. President Donald Trump has made the economic confrontation with China about much more than tariffs, with a move to cut off U.S. supplies from its biggest telecommunications company, Huawei Technologies Co. China appears to have responded in kind: With the establishment of a list of what it calls “unreliable entities,” the government says it will act against foreign companies that damage their Chinese counterparts. The announcement raises more questions than answers.

It’s a foreign company, organization or person which China says has “severely damaged the legitimate interests” of Chinese firms by not obeying market rules, violating contracts or blocking or cutting off supply for non-commercial reasons. “Necessary measures will be taken” against those on the list, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng said when he announced it May 31.