Just weeks after the U.S. and China took steps to ease their escalating trade disputes, a new conflict has emerged—this time over semiconductor technology.
China’s Ministry of Commerce issued a statement on Wednesday warning it would take legal action against anyone enforcing U.S. restrictions on exports of Huawei’s artificial intelligence chips, according to Bloomberg.
Beijing’s response comes after the Trump administration released “guidelines” on May 13—alongside the reversal of a Biden-era AI rule—stating that using Huawei’s Ascend AI chips “anywhere in the world” violated U.S. export controls.
Earlier this week, China accused the Trump administration of undermining recent trade talks with this move.
The U.S. Commerce Department later revised its original May 13 guidelines, removing the “anywhere in the world” phrasing, Bloomberg reported.
By: Nestor Castillo, ForAllTechNews Director
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