美国公司KPMG、EY和Bain通过与受制裁的俄罗斯实体合作,对美国在中国可能违反制裁的行为进行检查。
U.S. firms KPMG, EY, and Bain face scrutiny for potential U.S. sanctions violations in China via work with sanctioned Russian entities.
西方咨询公司KPMG、Bain & Co和EY正在中国使用可能违反美国对俄罗斯制裁的变通办法,包括KPMG对受制裁的俄罗斯银行Sberbank的400,000美元项目,以及EY利用中国中介公司从事国有客户工作。
Western consulting firms KPMG, Bain & Co, and EY are using workarounds in China that may violate U.S. sanctions on Russia, including KPMG’s $400,000 project for sanctioned Russian bank Sberbank and EY’s use of a Chinese intermediary for state-owned client work.
Bain提出类似的Sberbank项目,但没有获胜。
Bain pitched a similar Sberbank project but did not win.
这些行动是在中国更严格的条例和数据安全法中发生的,这增加了美国制裁的遵守风险,制裁禁止向受制裁实体提供物质支持,甚至间接地禁止向受制裁实体提供物质支持。
These actions occur amid tighter Chinese regulations and data-security laws, raising compliance risks under U.S. sanctions that prohibit material support to sanctioned entities, even indirectly.
公司声称遵守法律,但法律专家警告说,违反二级制裁者将受到重大处罚。
Firms claim adherence to laws, but legal experts warn of significant penalties for secondary sanctions violations.