DeepSeek, CXMT and other companies were approved by an interagency committee last year for addition to the Commerce Department's Entity List, which is being reported for the first time. Reuters is also exclusively reporting the large number of companies awaiting publication on the list.

The US is delaying the blacklisting of DeepSeek, CXMT, and over 100 Chinese firms from the Entity List to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing.

The US government has not blacklisted China's DeepSeek despite security concerns, state bans, and congressional legislation. Here's what investors need to