Overview
- Nine Republican lawmakers led by Andrew Garbarino, John Moolenaar, Rick Crawford and Sen. Rick Scott sent a formal letter this week to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urging new Section 1260H designations.
- The letter names roughly 17 companies, including DeepSeek, Xiaomi, BOE Technology, Gotion High‑Tech, Unitree Robotics, WuXi AppTec and affiliates, GenScript, Tiandy, Livox, LeiShen, RoboSense, CloudMinds, Tianma Microelectronics, Hua Hong Semiconductor, Shennan Circuit, Kingsemi and Hui Si Kaiwu.
- Members cite procurement records and prior U.S. reporting that DeepSeek aided the PLA and accessed advanced Nvidia GPUs despite export controls, PLA field use of a Unitree rifle‑equipped robot dog, Gotion leadership and aerospace ties, and WuXi links to PLA medical institutes and a military‑civil fusion fund.
- Section 1260H listings do not impose sanctions but guide U.S. government procurement and can affect supply chains, and the lawmakers also press the Pentagon to remove certain Chinese display suppliers such as BOE by 2030.
- The Pentagon has not announced additions in response to the letter, which follows this year’s inclusion of Tencent and CATL and a reported October recommendation to add Alibaba, Baidu and BYD.