China Adds Red Cat and Nine US Firms to Its Export Entity List

On 22 June 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce added ten US companies to its export control entity list, barring suppliers worldwide from providing them Chinese-controlled dual-use components, according to the South China Morning Post. The list pairs drone and defence manufacturers, including Red Cat Holdings and its Blue sUAS-listed Teal Drones subsidiary, with rare-earth suppliers MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, while a parallel Finance Ministry action barred roughly 46 US defence firms from Chinese government procurement. Beijing framed both as retaliation for the Pentagon's June 2026 expansion of its Section 1260H list of alleged Chinese military companies, turning the drone supply chain into a formal front in US-China economic conflict.