Chinese companies controlled by the same owner of one of Australia's largest infrastructure builders, John Holland, have been blacklisted by the Trump administration for helping build military islands in the South China Sea.
US export controls imposed on five China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) entities could hurt the reputation of John Holland and undermine its push to win multibillion-dollar state government infrastructure contracts, national security experts and industry sources said.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
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