The United States has placed several subsidiaries of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), the ultimate parent of China Harbhour Engineering which building an artificial city extending Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, on an export blacklist.

US companies would no longer be able to sell or export to China Communications Construction Company Dredging Group Co., Ltd. , China Communications Construction Company Tianjin Waterway Bureau, China Communications Construction Company Shanghai Waterway Bureau, China Communications Construction Company Guangzhou Waterway Bureau, China Communications Construction Company Second Navigation Engineering Bureau, any goods or services without an export license.

The US Department of Commerce had placed the restriction to punish the firms for building artificial military islands in the South China sea in disputed territory.

https://economynext.com/sri-lanka-sea-reclamation-projects-china-affiliates-on-us-export-blacklist-73455/