Trump team seeks to toughen chip controls over China, Bloomberg News reports
The Trump administration is planning to impose stricter semiconductor restrictions on China, expanding the Biden administration's efforts to limit Beijing's technological prowess. U.S. officials are meeting with Japanese and Dutch counterparts to restrict Tokyo Electron engineers from maintaining semiconductor gear in China, while also aiming to further restrict Nvidia chip exports without a license. The move aims to align key allies with the U.S. in imposing restrictions on China, similar to those placed on American chip gear companies.
- This push for stricter controls could serve as a warning shot across the bow of other countries that seek to challenge the United States' dominance in the semiconductor industry.
- How will these new regulations impact the global landscape of high-tech trade and the potential emergence of new competitors in the emerging markets of Asia?