US-China tensionsChinese smartphone maker Xiaomi follows Huawei onto US blacklist
Chip equipment maker Amec also targeted as Trump administration winds down
Smartphone maker Xiaomi is among the nine Chinese companies added to a U.S. trade blacklist in the final days of the Trump administration. (Photo by Karina Nooka) © Reuters
CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers
January 15, 2021 11:51 JST
TAIPEI -- Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has been added to a U.S. blacklist that will restrict American investment into the company, as the outgoing Trump administration ratchets up tension with Beijing by intensifying its crackdown on Chinese corporate interests.