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US-China tensions

China's Xiaomi files legal complaint against US ban

Smartphone maker calls inclusion on blacklist 'unlawful and unconstitutional'

The U.S. Defense Department in mid-January added Xiaomi and eight other companies to a list that requires American investors to divest their holdings in the companies by a set deadline.   © Reuters

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -- Xiaomi Corp filed a complaint in a Washington district court on Friday against the U.S. Defense and Treasury Departments, seeking to remove the Chinese smartphone maker from an official list of companies with ties to China's military.

The Defense Department, under the Trump administration in mid-January, added Xiaomi and eight other companies to the list, which requires American investors to divest their holdings in the firms by a set deadline.

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