US removes Xiaomi’s designation as a Communist Chinese army firm – TechCrunch

Xiaomi, one in all China’s high-profile tech companies that fell within the crosshairs of the Trump administration, has been faraway from a U.S. authorities blacklist that designated it as a Communist Chinese army firm.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has vacated the Department of Defense’s designation of Xiaomi as a CCMC in January, a doc filed on May 25 exhibits.

In February, Xiaomi sued the U.S. authorities over its inclusion within the army blacklist. In March, the D.C. court docket granted Xiaomi a preliminary injunction towards the DoD designation, which might have forbidden all U.S. individuals from buying or possessing Xiaomi’s securities, saying the choice was “arbitrary and capricious.” The ruling was made to stop “irreparable harm” to the Chinese cellphone maker.

Xiaomi has this to say about getting off the blacklist:

The Company is grateful for the belief and assist of its international customers, companions, workers and shareholders. The Company reiterates that it’s an open, clear, publicly traded, independently operated and managed company. The Company will proceed to offer dependable shopper electronics services and products to customers, and to relentlessly construct wonderful merchandise with trustworthy costs to let everybody on the planet take pleasure in a greater life via modern expertise.

Xiaomi’s home competitor Huawei remains to be scuffling with its inclusion within the U.S. commerce blacklist, which bans it from accessing vital U.S. applied sciences and has crippled its smartphone gross sales world wide.