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The legal loophole behind the blacklist #Shorts

September 8, 2026
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Can a company be on the United States blacklist and still be connected to the artificial intelligence chip business? Yes, if the answer depends on how it is organized.

Can a company be on the United States blacklist and still be connected to the artificial intelligence chip business? Yes, if the answer depends on how it is organized.

Inspur was added to the Entity List in 2023. But that measure did not automatically extend to every related subsidiary. The turning point came in September 2025: certain affiliates that are at least fifty percent controlled are also covered.

It may seem like a legal technicality, but it changes everything. Applying the restriction requires tracing ownership and actual control: who buys, who signs, where delivery takes place, and who operates the server. A parent company may be flagged while the network around it remains much harder to monitor.

The lesson is uncomfortable: in the technology war, a sanction is not determined solely by a name on a list. It is determined by tracing an entire corporate network.

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