US-China Tech Decoupling Underway

Restrictions impact China's tech sector

The ZTE logo on an office building in Shanghai, China, on May 3, 2018. Chinese telecom giant ZTE said its major operations had "ceased" following the U.S. ban on American sales of critical technology to the company on April 2018. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

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On Dec. 12, Beijing filed a WTO complaint against the United States, protesting the U.S.-China chip ban. China’s minister of commerce said he brought the case to the World Trade Organization to defend China’s “legitimate rights and interests.”