The administration of US President Joe Biden has unveiled new export rules aimed at slowing down China’s technological and military progress. For example, American chip companies are expected to stop supplying certain equipment to industry peers that are wholly owned by China.
The US government also wants to prevent foreign companies from selling advanced chips to China. The supply of equipment to Chinese companies with which they can manufacture their own chips should also be stopped. But no other country has promised such measures, the United States admits.
“With these measures, the Chinese could go back years,” said a cybersecurity expert at the US think tank CSIS. According to him, current policy harks back to strict regulations at the height of the Cold War.
Relations between China and the United States have been strained for some time. Last year, the US Senate approved massive investments to reduce China’s economic power, especially in technology.
Biden has also expanded the list of Chinese companies that are no longer allowed to invest.
