Global Times, in a Dec. 4 editorial, “Why Are American Chips ‘No Longer Safe and Reliable’?” embedded a strong answer to the collective Biden administration’s Dec. 2 announcement of new trade-war sanctions against China’s semiconductor and related industries for the third time in three years.
Global Times states: “On Dec. 3, the Internet Society of China, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the China Semiconductor Industry Association, and the China Association of Communications Enterprises issued statements declaring that U.S. chip products are no longer safe and reliable, calling on domestic companies to exercise caution when purchasing U.S. chips. The day before, the U.S. government announced a new round of export curbs on China, adding over 140 Chinese companies to the Commerce Department’s entity list, involving various types of semiconductor products such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment and electronic design automation tools.”
The editorial adds that the U.S. government “has also expanded its ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ to restrict trade between China and third countries. Although the U.S. government and some U.S. media outlets have exaggerated the effects of these measures, the facts have repeatedly shown that such suppression cannot intimidate or halt the development and progress of China’s technology industry.”
