# China urges US to lift unilateral sanctions on Chinese firms and citizens

https://mins.news/en/item/44761

- CGTN, 2026-09-03 08:36 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-03/China-urges-US-to-lift-unilateral-sanctions-on-Chinese-firms-citizens-1Q8zBggCzwA/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> China’s Commerce Ministry says Beijing strongly opposes repeated U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies and citizens over alleged links to Iran. Spokesperson Huang Ling called sanctions lacking a basis in international law or U.N. Security Council authorization disruptive to normal trade and global energy security, and urged Washington to withdraw them.

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