China warned the European Union on Wednesday against sanctioning its companies, after Brussels proposed a fresh wave of measures over Beijing’s support for Russia in its war with Ukraine.
The EU’s latest round of sanctions since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine seek, among other aims, to complicate commercial activities by companies in third countries that allegedly support the Russian military.
The 27-member bloc has previously implemented measures targeting Chinese firms for their alleged support for Russia’s military industrial complex.
The sanctions must be debated and unanimously approved by the EU’s 27 members states to come into force.
Officials told AFP the measures include adding 14 companies from mainland China and Hong Kong to a list of firms banned from buying EU goods.
Asked about the proposed sanctions, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that Beijing “has always firmly opposed illegal unilateral sanctions that lack basis in international law”.
“China has several
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