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US ‘Won’t Tolerate’ China’s Micron Chips Ban, Raimondo Says
- China’s cybersecurity agency rules Micron chips pose a risk
- US raises concern over Micron ban in talks with its own allies
Gina Raimondo speaks at the closing news conference of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Ministerial meeting in Detroit, Michigan, on May 27.
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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US “won’t tolerate” the recent decision by Chinese authorities to ban chips by Micron Technology Inc. in some critical sectors, using her sharpest language yet to describe Washington’s reaction.
“We see it as, plain and simple, economic coercion,” she said, using a phrase both sides have lobbed at each other amid recent tensions. “We won’t tolerate it, nor do we think it will be successful.”