https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ppgg0zvlo
The news comes mere months after the Trump administration banned the sale of these chips to China, citing national security concerns.
That ban was lifted in mid-July. And now it seems the US government will go a step further - becoming a part of these American firms' business with China.
And critics argue that is both confusing and worrying.
"Unprecedented... I don't know what the word is, but it's bad," says trade expert Deborah Elms.
Other experts say no US company has ever done anything like this before.
With china, you can only slow down their development, not stop it.
ReplyDeleteThey can reverse engineer these chips or at least study them, and then try to develop their own.
It's the same with other tech, eg cars, aerospace etc
If you don't sell it to them, they'll steal it, modify it silently and claim they invented it.
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