US Issues New Wave of Restrictions to Block China Access to Chips Tech

The CCP’s goals with this technology include military modernization, the development of weapons of mass destruction, and social control, U.S. officials say.

An employee makes a chip at a factory of Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 17, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued several restrictions on Dec. 2 aimed at blocking the Chinese communist regime from accessing advanced semiconductor technology and modernizing its military.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a statement that the new rules are meant “to impair” China’s ability to produce technologies that threaten the security of the United States.