The U.S. State Department and sources told Reuters that the presidents of the top chip companies in the United States met on Monday (July 17) to discuss policies to China with the Biden government officials, hoping to persuade the government to abandon China to implement more export restrictions on China.
The State Council spokesman Miller said that the Secretary of State Brills met Monday with the US chip executives to share his views on the chip industry and the supply chain issue, and listened to the chip operator's view of the supply chain and their in China.Development.Brinken just visited Beijing earlier this month.
A person familiar with the matter revealed that senior White House officials attended the meeting on the day of the meeting include Minister of Commerce Raymond Doro, Director of the National Economic Commission, Brened, and National Security Counsel Shalv.Export restrictions.
According to Bloomberg, people familiar with the matter said that the presidents of Intel Corp., Nvidia Corp, and Qualcomm Inc are opposed to the export control of tightening chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.It is reported that Washington plans to announce the new regulations within a few weeks.
Although these executives do not expect to prevent all the actions of the government, they feel that an opportunity window is appearing, and they believe that they hope to persuade the Biden team to believe that the US -China dispute is upgraded.Diplomatic efforts.
These companies believe that cutting off their relationship with China, the largest market in China, will damage their ability to invest in technological development, and will eventually affect the United States' leading position.
Nvidia and Qualcomm did not comment on the report, Intel and the White House did not reply to the request for the moment.
The Bayeng government is considering updating a set of restrictions on the export of Chinese chips promulgated in October last year, and formulated a new administrative order to restrict some foreign investment.
According to data from the US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), last year China's semiconductor procurement was US $ 180 billion (about S $ 237.9 billion), accounting for more than one -third of the total amount of US $ 555.9 billion, and it was the largest single market.Essence