The United States has approved annual licences allowing South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to ship chipmaking equipment to their factories in China throughout 2026, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The decision offers temporary relief to the two major memory chipmakers at a time of heightened scrutiny over technology exports to […]
US export controls
Trump administration mulls sweeping export curbs on China
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is weighing a sweeping plan to restrict software-powered exports to China, including items ranging from laptops to jet engines, in retaliation for Beijing’s latest rare earth export controls, according to US officials and sources briefed on the deliberations. The proposed measure, not yet finalized, would target global shipments containing US software […]