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By Leo Kelion
Technology desk editor
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image copyrightGetty Images/SMIC
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China’s largest chip manufacturer’s stock sank after the US revealed it could be its next trade ban target.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) said it was “in complete shock and perplexity” after the Pentagon revealed it had proposed the firm be added to a government blacklist.
This would restrict suppliers from providing it with American-based tech without special permission.
Beijing said it was “firmly opposed”.
A foreign ministry spokesman accused Washington of “blatant bullying” and using supposed national security concerns to break international trade rules .
The move could make SMIC the next focus of a trade clash that has already threatened Chinese tech firm Huawei’s survival and forced Bytedance to negotiate the sell-off of video-sharing app TikTok’s American operations.
SMIC has a less advanced production line than some of its rivals – it cannot make transistors as small as they can ... Read even more
