According to China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning, new US export limits aimed at Chinese chip producers are a misuse of trade sanctions and intended to uphold the nation’s “technological superiority.”
At a routine briefing, Ms. Mao remarked, “The United States will only injure and isolate itself when its acts backfire.”
The new export restrictions are meant to limit China’s access to high-end electronics with military uses for manufacturing and acquisition.
The steps come days before a significant party meeting in China, when President Xi Jinping is anticipated to win an unprecedented third term, and they hinder Beijing’s efforts to build its own chip industry and create cutting-edge military weapons.
The US Department of Commerce issued new regulations that toughen standards for the sale of semiconductor equipment and place export limits on select chips used in supercomputing.
According to Alan Estevez, a representative of the Commerce Department, the goal is to stop China’s military, intelligence, and security services from acquiring “sensitive technologies with military applications.”
