Foxconn Zhengzhou plant in Central China’s Henan Province, the iPhone’s largest manufacturing base, is picking up pace toward full resumption of production backed by the local government.
If Washington institutes a US ban on chip exports, according to a Chinese expert, that will stunt global growth for the US significantly, like shooting itself in the foot.
The US government on Friday released a broad set of technology export controls, including what said to be the “harshest” ban on shipment of certain semiconductor chips made anywhere in the world with US equipment to China, further intensifying its so-called tech decoupling push and threatening to wreak havoc in the highly globalized chip supply chain.
US Vice President Kamala Harris met on Wednesday in Japan with the heads of some semiconductor-related businesses, explaining the US government s incentives for chipmakers, according to a Reuters report.
Chinese tech giant Huawei officially unveiled its latest flagship Mate 50 series on Tuesday, confirming support of satellite communication function via China’s BeiDou navigation system, and making itself the first to preempt Apple to implement this feature on mobile phones.