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US Bans Exports To Chinese DRAM Maker Citing National Security Risk (zdnet.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the cease-and-desist dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The Trump administration on Monday announced it was banning U.S. exports to a Chinese semiconductor firm named Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Company, citing national security concerns. In a statement released by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC), officials said the Chinese chipmaker posed "a significant risk of being or becoming involved, in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States." DoC officials are now barring US companies from selling any products to Fujian Jinhua, which was recently nearing completion of a new dynamic random access memory (DRAM) factory project. "When a foreign company engages in activity contrary to our national security interests, we will take strong action to protect our national security. Placing Jinhua on the Entity List will limit its ability to threaten the supply chain for essential components in our military systems," said Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce.

5 of 101 comments (clear)

  1. They are involved in IP theft. by yooy · · Score: 5, Informative

    They are involved in IP theft. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...

  2. Export control for competitive advantage? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    All rather rich coming from Wilber Ross former vice chair of the bank of cypress.

    "Jinhua is nearing completion of substantial production capacity for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) integrated circuits. The additional production, in light of the likely U.S.-origin technology, threatens the long term economic viability of U.S. suppliers of these essential components of U.S. military systems."

    If competition is now a national security issue what isn't? Is there any limit to what controls designed to prevent export of Nuclear and military technology be used for? I understand the Micron drama but it's an abuse to misuse export controls in this way for revenge.

  3. Crying wolf by ilsaloving · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ever since Trump declared Canada to be a threat to national security, it's really hard to take these declarations seriously.

    I wonder what deal is he trying to wrangle from the company. Maybe he needs more investments in his golf courses and hotels.

  4. Re:National security concerns? by Colourspace · · Score: 4, Insightful

    China are clearly IP thieves, have been for some while, and are working against the west with no idea or desire of how to play fair. There is no international law in place of preventing this either, and at this point, it's unlikely there will be either. This is pretty much immutable at this point. So what are your plans for stopping this? No, I'm not an American (thank fuck, thanks for ruining it for the rest of us), and find Trump abhorrent in general, but I do find this his 'even a stopped clock is right once a day' moment.

  5. Re:National security concerns? by Tom · · Score: 4, Informative

    You could replace "China" with "The United States" in your comment above and you would be absolutely spot-on about the early days of the US, as they blatantly broke British copyright laws, printed books cheaply without paying royalties and such.

    Somehow, it seems emerging powers, if large enough, routinely take that route.

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