Smartphone maker Xiaomi says its US stock ban has been lifted

The Chinese tech firm had been blacklisted over alleged military links by outgoing President Trump but it has claimed this week President Biden has reversed that decision

China’s Xiaomi Corp says a US court this week lifted all restrictions on US persons buying or holding its stock – after removing the firm’s Communist Chinese Military Company (CCMC) designation.

“The US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a final order vacating the US Department of Defense’s designation of the company as a CCMC,” the smartphone maker said, in a filing to the Hong Kong bourse. It said the order was made on Tuesday.

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“The company reiterates that it is an open, transparent, publicly traded, independently operated and managed corporation,” Xiaomi chairman Lei Jun said in the statement.

A court filing showed earlier in May that the US Defense Department would remove Xiaomi from a government blacklist, marking a reversal by the Biden administration of one of Donald Trump’s last jabs at Beijing before exiting office.

Reporting by Reuters

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