The Trump administration is reportedly considering adding the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest semiconductor foundry, to a trade blacklist.
A Pentagon spokesperson told Reuters on Friday the Department of Commerce was considering adding SMIC to a trading blacklist called the Entity List, which would force US buyers to obtain a special license before doing business with the company.
SMIC is just the latest Chinese tech company to come under attack by the Trump administration, which has already placed companies such as phone-maker and high-speed internet provider Huawei, phone-maker ZTE and broadband internet and data control center operator Dr. Peng Telecom on the list, alongside dozens of others. Warnings about the use of other tech companies’ products, such as commercial drones made by Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI) and video messaging app TikTok, have also come down.
SMIC is a publicly-held company and has collaborated extensively with firms on the blacklist, including Huawei.
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