{"id":243729,"date":"2022-10-13T20:17:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T03:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=243729"},"modified":"2023-01-24T16:31:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:31:47","slug":"new-u-s-export-controls-aim-to-curtail-chinas-access-to-advanced-semiconductor-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2022\/10\/new-u-s-export-controls-aim-to-curtail-chinas-access-to-advanced-semiconductor-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"New U.S. Export Controls Aim to Curtail China\u2019s Access to Advanced Semiconductor Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past two weeks, the Biden administration has <\/span>issued a series of regulations<\/span><\/a> intended to halt China\u2019s development of advanced technologies. The measures <\/span>restrict the export<\/span><\/a> of advanced chips, design software, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment that are <\/span>crucial<\/span><\/a> to China\u2019s military, AI, and supercomputing initiatives. <\/span>While the impact of these regulations remains to be seen<\/span>, this \u201c<\/span>major watershed<\/span><\/a>\u201d demonstrates a <\/span>significant U.S. policy shift<\/span><\/a> towards a <\/span>more aggressive<\/span><\/a> approach to China, and risks accelerating technological and economic decoupling between the two countries across a wider swath than the targeted industries. In The New York Times on Thursday, Ana Swanson and Edward Wong reported on <\/span>Biden\u2019s global campaign against China\u2019s tech ambitions<\/strong><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The administration\u2019s concerns about China\u2019s tech ambitions culminated last week in the unveiling of the <\/span>most stringent controls by the U.S. government<\/span><\/a> on technology exports to the country in decades \u2014 an opening salvo that would <\/span>ripple through global commerce<\/span><\/a> and could frustrate other governments and companies outside China.<\/span><\/p>\n

[…] The controls could be the beginning of a broad assault by the U.S. government, [Matthew Pottinger, deputy national security advisor in the Trump administration,] said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Biden administration understands now that it isn\u2019t enough for America to run faster \u2014 we also need to actively hamper the P.R.C.\u2019s ambitions for tech dominance,\u201d he said, referring to the People\u2019s Republic of China. \u201cThis marks a serious evolution in the administration\u2019s thinking.\u201d [<\/span>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Previewing the administration\u2019s approach last month, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated that the U.S. needed to change its previous policy of maintaining only \u201crelative\u201d advantages over China in key technologies: \u201cWe previously maintained a \u2018sliding scale\u2019 approach that said we need to stay only a couple of generations ahead. <\/span>That is not the strategic environment we are in today<\/span><\/a>. Given the foundational nature of certain technologies, such as advanced logic and memory chips, we must maintain as large of a lead as possible.\u201d Justifying this new approach in its <\/span>announcement<\/span><\/a> of the export controls last week, the U.S. Commerce Department argued that these technologies help the Chinese government create advanced military systems, including weapons of mass destruction, and <\/span>commit human rights abuses<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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2\/ The new rules reflect the administration's view that certain civilian technologies have multiplier effects, and that China has used commercially available tech to modernize its military, pursue strategic economic dominance in key sectors, and commit human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

— Ryan Hass (@ryanl_hass) October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n