The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued several restrictions on Dec. 2 aimed at blocking the Chinese communist regime from accessing advanced semiconductor technology and modernizing its military.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a statement that the new rules are meant “to impair” China’s ability to produce technologies that threaten the security of the United States.
BIS imposed restrictions on 24 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, three types of software, and high-bandwidth memory chips. It also sanctioned 140 new entities related to Chinese semiconductor manufacturing and investment companies involved in the Chinese regime’s military modernization plan. The bureau also issued new compliance guidelines for domestic companies, advising them against selling to companies, exporters, or re-exporters of technology where the end user is unclear….