Alibaba wins reprieve on US lobbying after Pentagon blacklisted companies
Tech giant Alibaba Group Holding has secured a temporary legal reprieve that effectively allows it to resume lobbying in the United States, the latest development in its dispute with the Pentagon after the firm was included on a blacklist of companies deemed to support China’s military. A judge in the Northern District of California on Sunday ordered the Department of Defence not to enforce a lobbying prohibition against Alibaba while the court considered the firm’s constitutional challenge to..
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Published: 6 July 2026
Source: SCMP Tech (HK/CN)
Category: News
Topics: Military & security
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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