# From chips to sunflower seeds and dumplings, Washington's sanctions tear away its own fig-leaf

https://mins.news/en/item/24693

- China News Service, 2026-08-17 09:25 UTC
- Economy
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-08-18/detail-ihfifqmx7366727.shtml

> The UFLPA entity list added 43 Chinese companies in one day, bringing the total to 187 and extending restrictions across chips, food and apparel. Josef Gregory Mahoney argues that labeling consumer goods firms as linked to forced labor lacks factual basis, portraying the escalation as political calculation aimed at suppressing Chinese industries and disrupting supply chains.

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