WuXi AppTec has sued the US government, alleging its inclusion on a military-linked business list was arbitrary and politically motivated. The company claims this has caused significant reputational and operational harm.

A Chinese biotechnology company sued the US government on Thursday over being placed on a list of businesses from China that the ‌US Department of Defence has linked to that country’s military. WuXi AppTec filed its complaint in the Washington federal court, calling its inclusion on the list arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by the facts and “the product of political pressure”. It also accused the US government of inflicting substantial reputational and operational harm by branding it a...