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U.S.’s Raimondo Warns Chinese Firms on Evading Russia Sanctions

She says no evidence Chinese firms like SMIC evading sanctions
McCaul says China, like Russia, should face tech restrictions

Gina Raimondo in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 9. — Gina Raimondo in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 9.Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg

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March 10, 2022, 3:45 AM UTC

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo vowed to vigorously enforce export controls on Russia and said the U.S. would be on guard against Chinese semiconductor companies that might try to get around the sanctions.

“It’s going to be hard. I’m not going to pretend it won’t be hard,” she said in an interview at the White House Wednesday. “We’ve never done anything like this. But we have a plan and we’re serious about it.”