Trump Blacklists More China Tech Companies Days Before Xi Summit
- Targeted firms include AMD Chinese joint venture partner Higon
- Move comes as provocative speech by VP Pence delayed again
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The U.S. put five more Chinese tech entities on a trade blacklist just days ahead of a high-stakes summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping even as it offered a quiet olive branch by postponing a potentially provocative speech.
The move on Friday to list four companies and a research institute involved in China’s super-computing efforts follows the similar blacklisting of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. last month, blocking it from buying U.S. software and components.