"We cannot allow China to gain access to our highly developed technology for its military progress," says the US Secretary of Commerce. Is the tech competition entering a new round?
The United States could further tighten controls on China's access to advanced semiconductor technologies, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said - suggesting that Washington could intensify its campaign to prevent Beijing from expanding its military-technological capabilities continues to catch up. “We cannot allow China to gain access to our advanced technology for its military advancement,” she told reporters in Manila. “So we will do whatever is necessary to protect our people, including expanding our controls.”
Raimondo, who is leading a trade delegation to the Philippines and Thailand, was asked whether the U.S. plans new restrictions on semiconductor sales to China.
The Biden administration is considering new sanctions against several Chinese technology companies, including memory chip maker ChangXin Memory Technologies.
Washington has been targeting the Chinese chip industry for years, imposing sweeping controls on the export of advanced semiconductor machines and sophisticated chips like those used to develop artificial intelligence. Japan and the Netherlands, the two main countries where chip machines are being developed, largely joined the American efforts last year.
But there are still gaps, particularly in the ability of Japanese and Dutch engineers to continue making some repairs on equipment and in the flow of spare parts used in semiconductor manufacturing plants. The American government is urging allies such as the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea and Japan to further tighten restrictions.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security is considering adding ChangXin to its so-called Entity List. This limits companies' access to American technology, people familiar with the matter said. The agency is also considering blocking five more Chinese companies, the people said.
The US is constantly assessing whether it is doing enough to ensure that China cannot use American chip and AI technologies for its military, said Secretary Raimondo, whose ministry is responsible for implementing trade sanctions. There is nothing to announce at this time regarding specific new restrictions, she added." [1]
1. USA: Werden "alles tun", um Chinas technologischen Aufstieg zu bremsen. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (online) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH. Mar 12, 2024.
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