GOP Lawmakers Ramp Up Calls to Counter China Over Micron Ban
- McCaul, Gallagher ask Raimondo to sanction Chinese chipmaker
- Commerce chief previously said US won’t tolerate China’s ban
Micron Technology headquarters in Biose, Idaho.
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Two key Republican lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to counter Beijing’s ban of US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. by sanctioning a Chinese semiconductor company and ensuring that Japanese and South Korean firms don’t take advantage of the blockade.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Mike Gallagher, chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, told Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo that China’s move should “invigorate,” rather than deter, export control actions.