On Friday, Oct. 6, two senior Republican members of the United States House of Representatives urged the Biden administration to strengthen the enforcement of export controls on advanced semiconductors to China.
In a letter addressed to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Mike Gallagher, chairman of the House Select Committee on China, said that China’s main semiconductor producer’s latest technological developments underscore the need for revising the great rules launched in 2022. They emphasize the necessity to tackle what they understand as deficiencies or “loopholes” within the current guidelines.
The letter follows the disclosing of Huawei Technologies’ Mate 60 Pro smartphone, which includes advanced chips manufactured by China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), despite U.S. sanctions.
McCaul and Gallagher said of their letter: “The guidelines launched on October 7 and the increasing capabilities of SMIC exemplify an inert and opaque bureaucratic system that lacks perception into China’s industrial technique, fails to understand China’s army targets, and reveals a deficiency in technological comprehension. Additionally, it appears to lack the dedication to take efficient motion.“
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The legislators referred to as upon the Biden administration to modernize the rules and promptly reply to Huawei and SMIC. They additional inspired the administration to terminate Chinese companies’ entry to potent synthetic intelligence chips obtainable by way of cloud computing providers.
Additionally, they emphasised the significance of imposing the administration’s current rules that impose restrictions on Chinese enterprises, notably people who impede U.S. officers from verifying compliance with U.S. export rules.
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