WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (AFP): A key US lawmaker has called on Washington to mull trade curbs on Emirati artificial intelligence firm Group 42 Holdings (G42) over its ties with China, according to a letter released Tuesday.
Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns over the firm's business links with Chinese military companies, state-owned entities and intelligence services.
"G42 maintains active relationships with blacklisted entities including Huawei and Beijing Genomics Institute," said Gallagher in a letter to the Department of Commerce dated last week.
He added that G42 chief executive Peng Xiao runs and is affiliated with "an expansive network" of Emirati and China-based companies developing dual-use technologies and which support human rights abuses.
He urged for Commerce to consider if the company, alongside 13 subsidiaries and affiliates, should be added to a trade blacklist.
Five of the firms were said to have links with Emirati cyberintelligence firm DarkMatter.
Companies added to the so-called Entity List are restricted from obtaining US items and technologies without government authorization.
US companies that have commercial ties with G42 and its subsidiaries include Microsoft, Dell and OpenAI.
US lawmaker calls for probe of UAE tech firm over China ties
FE Team | Published: January 11, 2024 00:37:34
US lawmaker calls for probe of UAE tech firm over China ties
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