The United States imposed new restrictions on key products exports to China, revoking licenses and demanding new permits for technological and chemical companies. The measure aims to limit Beijing access to strategic supplies.
The United States ordered a wide range of companies that stop sending products to China without a license and revoked those already granted to certain suppliers, said three people close to the matter.
The new restrictions, which will probably increase tensions with Beijing, They seem to address the critical points to prevent China from obtaining necessary products for key sectors, said one of the sources. Among the affected products include design programs, chemicals for semiconductors, butane, ethane, machine tool and aviation equipment, according to the sources.
Many companies have received letters from the United States Department of Commerce in recent days in which they inform them of the new restrictions. Two of the sources indicated that the companies that supply automation software for electronic design for semiconductors received last Friday in which they were informed that from now on they would need licenses to make shipments to Chinese clients.
Among the automation software manufacturers of electronic design are Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA, said one of the people.
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The two sources indicated that the Commerce Department will examine case by case license applications to make shipments to China, indicating that it is not a total prohibition.
It is not clear if the new restrictions are part of a broader strategy to boost trade negotiations during a pause in the imposition of higher tariffs.
The US strategy: harden its position with China
The Commerce Department said that exports of strategic importance to China is reviewing, while noting that “in some cases” had suspended “existing export licenses or additional license requirements while the review is pending.” The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
The export controls by the United States emerged as a peak in commercial negotiations between Washington and Beijing. Chinese officials affirm that US restrictions, together with efforts to pressure allies so they don’t use the last ascend chip of Huawei Technologies Co., they violated the spirit of recent discussions in Geneva aimed at soothe the widest tensions about tariffs to the second largest economy in the world by President Donald Trump.
Source: Ambito
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