The China/US tech war is already underway before Donald Trump returns

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Donald Trump will return to the White House on January 20. But the American government did not wait for him to take office to adopt sanctions aimed at slowing the development of artificial intelligence in China. The Middle Kingdom has announced other measures specifically targeting Uncle Sam. Let's take stock.

China deprived of essential components

The American Department of Commerce has just added 140 Chinese companies operating in the electronic chip sector. The idea behind this “Entity List” is to prevent imports of American technologies to adversary countries.

These organizations are supposed to represent a risk to national security. Therefore, they can no longer acquire goods from US companies. Similarly, American companies that want to sell them goods must obtain ministerial authorization.

The China Semiconductor Association did not fail to react to this announcement which, according to it, aims to ” block and slow down China for no good reason “. In fact, these measures are very restrictive and also target foreign companies that would supply China from countries such as Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, or Israel. Which gives an extraterritorial scope to the text, specifies Les Échos.

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Seeming to resign itself to this new situation, it also recently indicated: ” American chips are no longer safe and reliable, and relevant Chinese industries will have to exercise caution when purchasing these products.”.

China Strikes Back

The United States therefore seems determined to slow down China's technological catch-up in semiconductors, which is causing great concern across the Atlantic. For its part, the communist regime was quick to respond.

The New York Times thus informs us that the Middle Kingdom will ban the export of several rare minerals to the United States. This concerns sales of gallium, germanium, antimony and so-called ultra-hard materials to the United States would be immediately stopped on the grounds that they have dual military and civilian uses, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.

These are used in particular for the construction of solar panels, LEDs, batteries and other major electronic products. Before Donald Trump came to power, China wanted to show its muscles and determination. It had also refrained from implementing such measures during his first term, but this time things seem different.

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