Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the United States could further tighten restrictions on China's access to advanced semiconductor technology, potentially stepping up Washington's efforts to prevent China's military from catching up. suggested that there is a sex. From the report: “We cannot allow China to access our most sophisticated technologies for military development,” he told reporters in Manila on Monday. “Yes, we will do whatever it takes to protect our people, including expanding controls.”
Raimondo, who is leading trade missions to the Philippines and Thailand, was asked whether the United States plans to impose new restrictions on semiconductor sales to China. The Biden administration is considering new sanctions against several Chinese tech companies, including memory chip maker Changxin Memory Technology, while urging allies to step up efforts to curb exports of advanced technology to China, Bloomberg reported in the past few days. The U.S. government has long targeted China's chip industry, imposing sweeping restrictions on exports of advanced chips such as those used in advanced semiconductor manufacturing machinery and the development of artificial intelligence. Japan and the Netherlands, two major countries where chip-making equipment is being developed, also joined the U.S. effort last year.