Top US Senator Chuck Schumer and Biden team work to address China’s Micron chips ban
- China’s cyberspace regulator says Micron failed its network security review, and that it will block operators of key infrastructure from buying from the firm
- Top Democrat Schumer called the ban a ‘troubling use of economic coercion’, and says he wants to make clear to Beijing that such behaviour is ‘unacceptable’
The US Senate’s top Democrat said on Tuesday that he and President Joe Biden’s administration were engaging allies and businesses to address China’s ban on sales of memory chips made by US-based Micron Technology.
The restrictions this week by China’s cyberspace regulator against Micron, the biggest US memory chip maker, were the latest in a widening trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.
“The Chinese government’s announced action against Micron is not based in fact and is a troubling use of economic coercion against the US,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
“I am working closely with the Biden administration to make clear to the Chinese government that this sort of behaviour is unacceptable and unproductive.”
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Schumer added that “we are engaging with the broader business community as well as with our allies and partners to address the Chinese government’s restrictions against Micron”.
Earlier this month, Schumer launched a renewed effort to stave off competition from China, planning legislation to boost US ability to face up to the Asian powerhouse on issues from technology to security and threats to Taiwan.