U.S. Sanctions Weapons Suppliers to Iran, Syria

The United States imposed economic sanctions this week on companies in China, North Korea and Russia for selling missiles and other weapons-related items to Syria and Iran, the Washington Times reported (see GSN, June 14, 2006).

The sanctions ban the U.S. government and U.S. companies from conducting certain types of business with three Chinese companies, three Russian firms and a North Korean firm.  Given the limited existing U.S. trade with the Chinese and North Korean entities, the sanctions would probably only have an effect on the Russian companies, according to the Times.

The Chinese companies are the Zibo Chemical Equipment Plant (see GSN, Jan. 3, 2006), the China National Aerotechnology Import Export Corp. and the China National Electrical Import and Export Co.

The North Korean firm is the Korean Mining and Industrial Development Corp., which has played a role in North Korean missile exports in the past, according to one official (Bill Gertz, Washington Times, Jan. 5).

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