Last Updated: January 19, 2026
China
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• Section 1. (a) The following activities by a United States person are prohibited: The purchase or sale of any publicly traded securities, or any publicly traded securities that are derivative of such securities or are designed to provide investment exposure to such securities, of any person listed in the Annex to this order or of any person deter...
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US
Program
Executive Order 13959 Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies (as amended by Executive Order 14032 Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Certain Companies of the People’s Republic of China)
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OFAC country specific
Target State
China
Official Information
On November 12, 2020, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13959, “Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies” (85 FR 73185, November 17, 2020). In E.O. 13959, the Pr...
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