in this business report i'm stephen beard zimbra lead thanks for joining us. united states has added a further 28 companies to an export blacklist saying the firms have all been involved in the persecution of muslim minorities in china beijing with swift response signaling it will hit back as comes just 2 days before u.s. china trade talks are set to resume aimed at ending a protracted terror for the timing couldn't be worse the u.s. targets 28 chinese firms in its new blacklist this week but says it has nothing to do with the trade talks with beijing on thursday washington alleges the company's helped china suppress ethnic and mostly muslim minorities in what amounts to a police state and she jiang and beijing has issued a stern rebuke. me a phone there is no such thing as the so-called human rights problem as alleged by the united states he accusation is nothing but a deliberate pretext created by the united states to interfere in china's internal affairs. for its part the u.s. says it keeps human rights and economic concerns separate but it is reported to h