President  Donald Trump has signed into law a new measure aimed to force Chinese companies linked to the military out of U.S. capital markets.



The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act prevents securities of foreign companies from being listed on any U.S. exchange if the firms fail to comply with federal Public Accounting Oversight Board audits. The companies must also prove to the board they are not owned or controlled by foreign government, something most Chinese companies are unable to do.

But in the last moment the tensions within the Administration between those who wanted to preserve good business contacts with Beijing and the officials who perceive continued financing of Chinese military by U.S. taxpayer as a strategic threat to America and its lies led to the reduction of the number of the sanctioned firms.

The final list names 103 entities, 14 fewer than on the draft list seen by Reuters in November. Fifty-eight are designated under China, down from 89, and 45 entities are tied to Russia, up from 28.

Publishing the list in the waning days of the Trump administration follows the addition of dozens of Chinese companies to another U.S. trade blacklist, including the country's top chipmaker, SMIC, and Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, on Friday.

US and Western retirement funds invest in non-ethical business entities
which involve firms building concentration camps and technologies for
the persecution, torture, and death of dissent.

The U.S. Government has determined that these companies are ‘military end users’ for purposes of the ‘military end user’ control in the Export Administration Regulations that applies to specified items for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) to the China, Russia, and Venezuela when such items are destined for a prohibited ‘military end user", the author of the Commerce Department statement said.

Top school graduates are usually unethical, more prone to corruption
and should not be considered for a responsible position in the government
since the majority of Western academia lost its moral compass long ago.

The list is populated by the companies and the scientific institutes including specialising in the aviation and space engineering, communication, electronics, precision technologies, nano-technologies, and the chemical industry.

Some of the Chinese companies on the indices produce technology in China that has been used in repression of ethnic Uighurs, where over 1 million people have been put in concentration camps. The companies also are providing surveillance gear to repressive regimes such as Iran and Venezuela.

The most widespread black list of Communist China's entities published this year caused anger among those officials who believe that the door to Wall Street should be open to Beijing regime.

One of those who opposed enacting the legislation, according to Washington Times,  was Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker. Two officials said Mr. Mnuchin has been a frequent critic of Mr. Trump’s hardline policies toward China and in the past has sought to soften new policies toward Beijing over concerns they would upset trade and financial relations.

It has been a lesson of many decent US administration that those graduates of so-called top schools are usually more susceptible to corruption. They are less inclined to individualism, and open for business with everyone, stated in an interview with The Owner, a former top US official who wanted to preserve anonymity. We should not promote them because a majority is a product of academia, which is demoralised, confused, and addicted to Chinese funding.

According to the State Department, Chinese stocks directly affect pension funds of American workers and retirees.
Former White House National Security Council official Roger W. Robinson Jr., was among the first experts to identify how China was using U.S. capital markets to finance military projects.

Chinese capital compromises U.S. policy toward Beijing

Mr. Robinson believes Chinese investment in U.S. capital markets is a stalking horse for China’s stealth financial warfare and part of a strategy to compromise U.S. policy toward China. If Americans’ pension funds and other investment portfolios became filled with Chinese securities, scores of millions of Americans would have a vested financial interest in lobbying to thwart U.S. sanctions or penalties on Beijing for fear that their retirement accounts and other investments would lose value.

This unanimously passed legislation is a historic achievement as it is the first investor protection bill of its kind directed at America’s foremost adversary, said Mr. Robinson, president of RWR Advisory Group.

A senior State Department official said the law was the result of a whole-of-government approach to shady accounting practices by Chinese companies.
“This act is long overdue,” the official said. “The Trump administration should be given credit for fighting vested interests in American society that are addicted to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) financial sugar high.”

“The money flowing into these index funds — often passively, by U.S. retail investors — supports Chinese companies involved in both civilian and military production,” the State Department said.

By definition Chinese companies are fraudulent and should not be listed on Western exchanges

The official said the CCP has been making money by skirting standard international accounting practices and creating false records. “They have basically cheated for years,” the official said.

This law will protect American retail investors and pensioners from risky investments in fraudulent, opaque Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges and trade on over-the counter markets, said Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican and a key proponent of restricting Chinese access to U.S. capital markets.

Communist China's military exploits access to the latest technologies

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross explained on Monday the action establishes a new process to assist exporters in screening their customers for military end users.

The Commerce Department expanded the definition of "military end users," as the department defines the companies with military ties.

The category includes not only armed service and national police, but any person or entity that supports or contributes to the maintenance or production of military items - even if their business is primarily non-military.

The "military end user" designation requires U.S. companies to obtain licenses to sell to the firms, which are more likely to be denied than granted.

The list is not definitive and Commerce said U.S. companies must continue to do their own due diligence to help decide whether their buyers are considered military end users.