US Retaliation on Micron Called ‘Not a Good’ Idea: Supply Lines

Maybe it’s time for both countries to take a breather.

US Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, warned that retaliation by Washington for China’s curbs on Micron Technology would send both countries down a “slippery slope” of escalation with no clear end in sight.

“Retaliation is not a good strategy going forward,” Risch said in an interview. “Because generally what it does is it simply escalates to the point where it gets totally out of control.”

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