In the long contest between national security prerogative and the rule of evidence, a federal judge in Washington has drawn a line — ruling that the Pentagon's effort to brand WuXi AppTec a military-linked Chinese firm was unsupported by fact and immediately harmful to a company deeply woven into the fabric of American commerce. Judge James Boasberg's August 7 order halts enforcement of a June designation that had already begun unraveling WuXi's relationships with more than a thousand American customers, invoking the image of a scarlet letter to describe the weight such a label carries. The de
US Judge Blocks Pentagon's Military Designation of Chinese Biotech WuXi
WuXi customers and suppliers canceled contracts and terminated relationships following the military designation, causing business disruption.
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