Lawmakers Call on Biden Administration to Blacklist WuXi AppTec Over Alleged Ties to Chinese Military

Published on February 13, 2024

A group of bipartisan lawmakers has called on the Biden administration to investigate Chinese biotech firm WuXi AppTec and its subsidiary, WuXi Biologics, due to their alleged ties to the Chinese military. In a letter dated Feb. 12 to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the lawmakers raised concerns that the Chinese biotech giant’s connection to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) pose a potential threat to U.S. national security. “WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics are rapidly becoming a global pharmaceutical and research-services giant that threatens U.S. intellectual property and national security. Both companies have close ties to the CCP and have worked at its behest, in multiple instances,” the lawmakers warned....

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