CXMT Sues Pentagon over Inclusion on List of Companies Tied to China’s Military
CXMT says the designation is unsupported and has triggered contracting restrictions and reputational harm after more than a year of challenges.
- On Friday, ChangXin Memory Technologies sued the Pentagon in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to overturn its designation as a company backed by the Chinese military.
- The Defense Department first designated CXMT as a Chinese military firm in January 2025, and the Trump administration retained the status during a June update despite the company's year-long effort to challenge it.
- Arguing the Pentagon's decision was "arbitrary," CXMT stated, "CXMT is not affiliated with the Chinese military," and added that it produces DRAM chips for civilian and commercial use.
- The lawsuit names Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Deputy Defence Secretary Steve Feinberg, and Assistant Secretary of Defence for Industrial Base Policy Michael Cadenazzi as defendants, targeting contracting restrictions and reputational damage.
- This legal challenge mirrors a June lawsuit from Alibaba, another Chinese technology giant placed on the Pentagon's military-linked list, as CXMT pursues long-term ambitions to enter the United States market.
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The Chinese Changshin Memory Chip Company filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon Department of War.
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The Chinese chip company CXMT has filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon in the United States because it wants to be removed from the US military's blacklist. The Pentagon claims that CXMT has ties to the Chinese military.
CXMT designs, produces and sells its DRAM chips for civil and commercial purposes. With the lawsuit, the company wants to achieve its deletion from the Pentagon list.
China's leading memory chip manufacturer, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), processed the Pentagon on Friday due to its inclusion in a list of companies that U.S. claim to be helping Beijing's army. Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full access, access the material link and register.
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