Trump Admin Split on Adding Chinese Chipmakers to Blacklist: FT

The US Commerce Department has compiled a list of Chinese companies including ChangXin Memory Technologies to put on an export blacklist, Financial Times reports, citing five people familiar with the matter.

• List also includes some subsidiaries of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.; both companies already on list
• Some in the Trump administration argue that putting export controls on these groups now could hurt the ongoing trade talks with China, according to the FT
• NOTE: China Slams US Over ‘Bullying’ on AI Chips in Sign of Discord

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