USA-China Ties Hits New Low After Spy Balloon Was Found Over Alaska | US News | English News LIVE

USA-China Ties Hits New Low After Spy Balloon Was Found Over Alaska | US News | English News LIVE
The Commerce Department announced a new round of sanctions Friday targeting six Chinese aerospace companies that it identified as supporting the nation’s military’s reconnaissance balloon program.

The firms will join a growing list of companies based in China that the U.S. says pose serious threats to national security.

The sanctions announcement came just hours after an American military F-22 shot down the second “high altitude object” to enter U.S. airspace in the past week.

“The PRC’s use of high-altitude balloons violates our sovereignty and threatens U.S. national security,” said Alan Estevez, undersecretary of commerce for industry and security, using the acronym for the People’s Republic of China.

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