Context: The checkable sub-claim holds: MOFCOM's assertion that "nearly 200 U.S. startups urged the U.S. government not to cut off their access to Chinese open-source models" matches Politico's reporting that nearly 200 startup founders urged the administration that week not to cut off access to Chinese open-weight models, and more than 20 companies including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and Palantir published a letter on July 24 opposing "premature restrictions" on open-weight models. The central charge that the U.S. accusations lack evidence is accurate as to the public record — neither Kratsios nor Bessent published any — but it is a claim about what has been disclosed, not proof that no evidence exists; MOFCOM likewise published none for its own counter-assertion that U.S. companies distilled Chinese models.