The Chair and the Ranking Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the CCP are pushing the Commerce Department to investigate a semiconductor-related sector called silicon photonics.

Following up on a recent decision to impose special surtaxes on Chinese EVs, steel, and aluminum, Canada is now starting a public consultation on similar measures against Chinese products in various "critical manufacturing sectors."

Last week, the Dutch and U.S. governments both announced the expansion of their export controls in the semiconductor and quantum computing sectors.

Chinese semiconductor equipment maker Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) has become the second Chinese company to challenge a U.S. Defense Department decision to designate it as a "Chinese military company."

At two recent meetings of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, China raised a number of concerns with the countervailing duty investigations and practices of other WTO Members, as well as criticizing U.S. subsidies to the semiconductor industry; and several Members criticized China's

At the Aspen Security Forum this week, Alan Estevez, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, spoke about U.S. chip export controls and the Commerce Department's investigation into connected vehicles.

Data published by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) indicates that the export controls on gallium and germanium put in place by Beijing last summer have not impacted overall exports significantly, although the impact varies among countries.