Microchips: the US imposes technological sanctions on China to defend its dominance in the sector
Washington escalated its open hi-tech hostility with Beijing on Friday, when the U.S. Department of Commerce unveiled a broad plan of action to simultaneously restrain China and benefit the U.S. in manufacturing advanced semiconductors, the strategic building blocks of China. base of all technology, from fighter jets to artificial intelligence weapons, from cars to toothbrushes.
The administration of United States President Joe Biden said that , starting October 21, it will impose restrictions on 31 Chinese companies, research institutes and related groups, with the aim of hampering their ability to obtain the fundamental technologies of the States. United. these companies will no longer have access to particular US technologies, even through third countries.
The move is the latest in a series of measures aimed at blocking shipments of chips and chip manufacturing technologies potentially useful to China for its military development and domination of key industries.
"We are doing everything possible to protect our national security and prevent sensitive technologies with military applications from being acquired by the military, intelligence and security services of the People's Republic of China," said Alan Estevez, Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and the security.
"Today we are updating our policies to ensure that we address the challenges posed by the People's Republic of China as we continue our awareness and coordination work with allies and partners."
The latest additions to the list of US technological sanctions are based on an assessment of the ability of Chinese entities to transfer knowledge, mainly related to AI and super computers, from the civilian to the military sector.
The designation allows Washington to extend its reach far beyond national borders, preventing companies around the world from sending products made with US software, machinery or technology to Chinese companies.
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The list also represents a blow in the arch for American companies in close business contacts with China . In addition to a division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the list includes Yangtze Memory Technologies, based in Wuhan, a major state-owned enterprise that Apple has considered as a supplier.
The United States also added 28 companies to the "entity list" – subjecting them to licensing requirements and government sanctions – including several provincial arms of the Chinese National Computing Center, the Beijing Institute of Technology, and Beijing Sensetime Technology Development, a branch of a major Chinese artificial intelligence company.
The Chinese embassy in Washington condemned the further restrictions. What the US is doing is purely "sci-tech hegemony", "Embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said Friday. At the same time, as recent war events also reveal, the development of microprocessors is becoming increasingly essential in international technological competition and in the prevalence among the various major strategic global competitors.
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