US Goes on the Offensive in Its China Tech War
A wafer is processed in a single-wafer diffusion mechanism inside the GlobalFoundries semiconductor manufacturing facility in Malta, New York. The US plans to boost domestic semiconductor capacity as part of chips legislation enacted Aug. 9.
Photographer: Adam Glanzman/BloombergIn the intensifying battle for supremacy in the global technology sector, the US has now gone from playing defense against China to going on the offensive.
Under former President Donald Trump, the US began extensive deployment of export controls in an effort to cut off Chinese tech champions including Huawei Technologies Co. from key, sophisticated equipment and software. President Joe Biden continued that effort, and even expanded it.