China targets US analog chips in counter to Trump move on SMIC-linked firms

On Saturday, China’s Ministry of Commerce kicked off an anti-dumping investigation into American analog integrated circuit chips, accusing ￰0￱ of selling at unfairly low ￰1￱ same day, a second investigation was launched over what Beijing called discriminatory ￰2￱ against Chinese semiconductor ￰3￱ announcement came less than 24 hours before Chinese and American trade officials are set to meet in Madrid, ￰4￱ said the timing was based on complaints from local chipmakers who claim they’ve been “materially damaged” by ￰5￱ chips in question, analog ICs, are essential components found in electronics, cars, telecom gear, and industrial ￰6￱ parts convert sound, light, and temperature into data that devices can ￰7￱ ministry said the investigation will run for one year, though it could extend further if needed.

“This probe will determine if dumping occurred and how badly it hurt local producers,” the statement ￰8￱ also confirmed that ￰9￱ and Chinese importers will be allowed to submit evidence and comment during the ￰10￱ expands blacklisting of SMIC-linked Chinese firms On Friday, the ￰11￱ its restrictions by blacklisting 32 new entities, most of them in ￰12￱ includes two Chinese firms, GMC Semiconductor Technology (Wuxi) Co and Jicun Semiconductor Technology, that were added to the Commerce Department’s Entity ￰13￱ claims these companies acquired ￰14￱ equipment on behalf of SMIC Northern Integrated Circuit Manufacturing (Beijing) Corp and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) ￰15￱ SMIC units were already on the ￰16￱ ￰17￱ any sale of chipmaking gear to them requires a license, and those licenses would likely be ￰18￱ Federal Register notice cited national security concerns and China’s push for tech independence as key factors behind the ￰19￱ added to the Entity List was Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Technology Co, along with several linked firms in Singapore, Taiwan, and across ￰20￱ Commerce Department said these groups were obtaining U.

S.-origin tech “in support of China’s military modernization” and for use by “the military, government, and security services.” Washington also accused Fudan Microelectronics of providing technology to Russian military ￰21￱ a result, the firm was hit with additional restrictions, beyond those normally triggered by an Entity List ￰22￱ countries and regions added to ￰23￱ blacklist Friday’s posting wasn’t limited to just Chinese ￰24￱ also targeted companies in India, Iran, Turkey, and the United Arab ￰25￱ specific details on those additions weren’t released, the total number of entities added stood at 32, with 23 located in China ￰26￱ comes as geopolitical pressure mounts over control of the global chip supply ￰27￱ ￰28￱ to block China’s access to high-end chipmaking tools, citing security ￰29￱ return, China is tightening its own rules and pushing hard to build up its domestic chip ￰30￱ anti-dumping probe and anti-discrimination investigation show that Beijing is going on ￰31￱ ￰32￱ , this move from Beijing injects more uncertainty into a key ￰33￱ remains one of the largest buyers of semiconductors worldwide.

A prolonged investigation could affect pricing, licensing, and long-term deals between American producers and Chinese ￰34￱ analog IC market is ￰35￱ chips are foundational for real-world sensing in everything from smart homes to military tech. That’s part of why both sides are going after each other’s supply ￰36￱ Beijing claiming its firms are being unfairly treated, and Washington accusing China of backdoor tech transfers, the tech war is spilling into regulatory ￰37￱ of now, China has not said when the results of the anti-dumping probe will be made ￰38￱ with SMIC-linked firms back in the spotlight and Fudan Microelectronics tied to Russian defense buyers, the fallout could stretch well beyond Madrid’s negotiation ￰39￱ up to $30,050 in trading rewards when you join Bybit today