The United States is set to add dozens of Chinese companies, including the country’s top chipmaker SMIC, to a trade blacklist on Friday, two people familiar with the matter told the Reuters news agency.
The move, which has not previously been reported, is seen as the latest in President Donald Trump’s effort to cement his tough-on-China legacy. It comes just weeks before Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office on January 20.
In total, the US is expected to add about 80 additional companies and affiliates to the so-called entity list, nearly all of them Chinese.
The designations by the Department of Commerce are expected to name some Chinese companies that Washington says have ties to the Chinese military, including some helping it construct and militarise artificial islands in the South China Sea, as well as some involved in alleged human rights violations, the sources said on Thursday.
China vows ‘necessary measures’ against reported US blacklisting Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/18 16:40:54
SMIC Photo: VCGChina s Foreign Ministry on Friday criticized a reported move by the US government to add dozens of Chinese companies to a trade blacklist, calling the move, if true, yet another example of the US using its state power to crack down on Chinese firms; vowing to take necessary measures to protect Chinese businesses. If the news you mentioned is true, it will be another example that the US is using its state power to suppress Chinese companies. China firmly opposes it, Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for the ministry, said when asked about reports of the move at a routine press briefing in Beijing.
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US Blacklists Top Chinese Chipmaker
The move means that U.S. companies will need to get a license to sell sophisticated technology to SMIC.
Dec 18th, 2020
In this Tuesday, March 10, 2020, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill, in Washington. The Trump administration blacklisted China’s top chipmaker Friday, Dec. 18, limiting the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation’s (SMIC) access to advanced U.S. technology because of its alleged ties to the Chinese military. “We will not allow advanced U.S. technology to help build the military of an increasingly belligerent adversary,’’ Ross said.
US blacklists top Chinese chipmaker, alleging military ties
by Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 18, 2020 11:10 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 11:12 am EDT
WASHINGTON The Trump administration blacklisted China’s top chipmaker Friday, limiting the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.’s access to advanced U.S. technology because of its alleged ties to the Chinese military.
“We will not allow advanced U.S. technology to help build the military of an increasingly belligerent adversary,’’ Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement explaining the decision to put SMIC on the U.S. government’s so-called Entity List.
SMIC has previously said it has no ties to the Chinese government.