The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China issued an order this Wednesday (22) to impose sanctions on a number of US defense companies, as well as specifically on their top executives, in response to what they defined as practices of «unilateral bullying» and «economic coercion» that «gravely violate the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, institutions, and individuals,» but also in response to the United States’ decision to continue selling arms to Taiwan.
The latter, they claim, «gravely violates the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, gravely interfering in China’s internal affairs and gravely damaging China’s sovereignty and territory.»
The defense companies that will be sanctioned with the freezing of movable and immovable assets and other types of properties are:
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
- Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture
- Raytheon Missile Systems
- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems
- General Dynamics Information Technology
- General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Inter-Coastal Electronics
- System Studies & Simulation
- IronMountain Solutions
- Applied Technologies Group
- Axient
The Chinese government also imposed sanctions on 10 top executives, who will not receive visas and will not be allowed to enter Chinese territory, including Hong Kong and Macau:
- Kathy J. Warden, President, CEO, and Chairman of Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Matthew Bromberg, Vice President of Global Operations, Northrop Grumman
- Benjamin R. Davies, Vice President and General Manager of Northrop Grumman Strategic Deterrence Systems
- Thomas H. Jones, Vice President of Northrop Grumman Corporation and President of Aerospace Systems
- Stephen O’Bryan, Vice President and Director of Global Business Development, Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Roshan Roeder, Vice President and President of Defense Systems, Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Firat H. Gezen, Vice President of General Dynamics and President of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems
- Jason W. Aiken, Executive Vice President of Technology, General Dynamics
- Amy Gilliland, Senior Vice President of General Dynamics and President of General Dynamics Information Technology
- Christopher J. Brady, Vice President of General Dynamics and President of General Dynamics Mission Systems
