U.S. to restrict the Chinese chip maker from doing business with American firms
U.S. to restrict the Chinese chip maker from doing business with American firms
I know. UU They have increased the stakes in a battle with Beijing over intellectual property by restricting US companies from doing business with a state-owned Chinese chip maker that Micron Technology Inc. has accused of stealing its secrets.
Citing concerns about economic and national security, the Commerce Department said on Monday it would start restricting US companies from selling software and technology products to Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., a semiconductor company in which the Chinese government has been pouring money as part of an effort. to build your own chip industry. The decision has the potential to cause significant damage to the new chip maker, which is still dependent on US technology. UU To produce your own chips.
"Jinhua presents a significant risk of being involved in activities that are contrary to the national security interests of the United States," the Commerce Department said in a statement announcing the new restrictions. Jinhua did not comment immediately.
The Department of Commerce's action against Jinhua recalled an April decision, which President Trump then reversed at the behest of Chinese President Xi Jinping, for restrict American companies from selling components to the telecommunications giant
ZTE
Corp.
for violating the terms of a previous agreement to resolve the accusations that he made sales against Iran and North Korea.
However, experts say that the Commerce Department's move against Jinhua sets a new precedent by punishing a foreign company for allegedly stealing the intellectual property of the United States. The announcement was also unique in the way it invoked concerns about the long-term ability of US companies to compete in the chip industry.
Jinhua's impending plans for "additional production, in light of probable US-origin technology, threaten the long-term economic viability of US suppliers of these essential components of US military systems," the statement said.
The Commerce Department took action after Micron, the largest memory chip maker in the United States, filed a lawsuit in December in California federal court alleging that Jinhua had stolen its technology. Jinhua sued Micron in January in a court in the Chinese province of Fujian, whose government partly controls Jinhua, and won a temporary blocking order Some Micron units sell products in China over which each company claims patents.
Micron said the Jinhua lawsuit was a false retaliatory measure and has repeatedly criticized Beijing for its treatment. In a July statement, Micron said that, although "China's central government has often stated that the rights of foreign companies are fairly and equitably protected in China," the court's ruling was "inconsistent with this proclaimed policy." " In a recent quarterly presentation, Micron warned: "The Chinese government's activities may restrict us from participating in the Chinese market or prevent us from competing effectively with Chinese companies."
For its part, Jinhua has accused Micron of being part of an "international oligopoly" that attempts to block the rise of Chinese chip producers. In a July statement, he said Micron "recklessly" infringed his patents.
Jinhua is a key part of Beijing's plan to try to wean China from foreign technology, a position that has left its companies highly vulnerable, underlined by ZTE's scare earlier this year. Beijing has allocated about $ 150 billion in funds to create national powers for the manufacture of chips, including Jinhua, Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. and Innotron Memory Co.
During the August trade negotiations, US negotiators pressured Beijing on forced technology transfers and cited the problems surrounding Micron, according to officials familiar with the talks. But the Chinese negotiator, Vice Minister of Commerce, Wang Shouwen, dismissed the concerns. Micron and Jinhua "are like brothers," Wang said, officials said, "and the brothers fight."
I know. UU They have been frustrated by what they see as Beijing's failure to engage in an increasing number of disputes over trade, technology and other issues. And until now, officials in the United States have found that offering an olive branch has yielded little results, which has given way to a much colder era in US-China relations.
After Trump intervened to save ZTE, for example, some government and industry officials expected China to reciprocate and approve a long-running attempt by the US chip giant.
Qualcomm
Inc.
buy Dutch chip maker
NV for $ 44 billion. Senior US officials, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, participated in a last-minute lobbying round on behalf of the company.
But a July deadline to obtain approval from regulators in China, the last of the nine markets that would have needed to approve the agreement:He came and he left, killing the deal and derail a central part of Qualcomm's strategy.
Write to Kate O'Keeffe in kathryn.okeeffe@wsj.com
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