US Government Makes It Harder for Samsung, SK Hynix to Make Chips in China

The Commerce Department gave the companies 120 days to obtain the licenses to continue supplying their China-based plants.
US Government Makes It Harder for Samsung, SK Hynix to Make Chips in China
A Samsung Electronics logo and a computer motherboard, in this photo illustration taken on Aug. 25, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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The federal government is making the process of building semiconductors in China for chipmakers such as Samsung and SK Hynix more difficult by rescinding authorizations that allowed the companies to receive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing equipment there, according to a recent filing by the Federal Register.

Previously, the Department of Commerce had offered the companies exemptions to a series of restrictions established in 2022 on selling U.S. semiconductor equipment to Beijing.

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