US Commerce Department

Tech war: Huawei’s growing laptop business in China under threat after US revokes Intel, Qualcomm chip export licences

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Beijing called the move “a typical economic coercion practice” and a violation of US commitment to not decouple from China. It “will take all necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese firms,” a spokesperson of China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday. Huawei’s consumer business chief Richard Yu Chengdong holding the company’s … Read more

Huawei’s China-made chip used US gear from Applied Materials and Lam Research, complicating self-sufficiency drive

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Shanghai-based SMIC used gear from California-based Applied Materials and Lam Research to manufacture an advanced 7-nanometre chip for Huawei in 2023, the people said, asking not to be named as the details are not public. The previously unreported information suggests that China still cannot entirely replace certain foreign components and equipment required for cutting-edge products … Read more

China’s 1 trillion yuan EV, solar and battery exports face overcapacity concerns as US, EU anxieties grow

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China’s 1 trillion yuan (US$139 billion) exports of electric vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells could face a new round of challenges this year, as Western policymakers have reflected “genuine anxieties” about overcapacity distorting their markets. Legal action and tariff increases by the United States and European Union against a perceived oversupply of cheap products … Read more