The Chinese giant isn't completely insulated from those higher tariffs and tighter restrictions.

The Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sued the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding that it be removed from the Pentagon's list of Chinese military companies that prohibits them from landing U.S. defense contracts and carries reputational damage.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA is in the spotlight Thursday after Anthropic accused the Chinese tech giant of orchestrating a large-scale campaign to extract capabilities from its Claude AI models. The Allegation According to a letter reviewed by Reuters,

The e-commerce giant is suing the US defence department after it was added to a blacklist of firms with ties to the Chinese military.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has filed a federal lawsuit against the Defense Department for designating it a military-linked firm.

Alibaba is suing the US government to be removed from a blacklist with companies linked to China's People's Liberation Army.

The Chinese tech giant said it had no ties to China’s military and that the U.S. government had violated the law by making that claim.

The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses, including tech giant Alibaba, to its list of Chinese military companies, keeping them from getting U.S. defense contracts.