In late December, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office started an investigation into Chinese policies and practices that it said were designed to "dominate domestic and global markets in the semiconductor industry," focusing on foundational semiconductors and silicon carbide substrates (or other wafers used as inputs

Today, China's State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) launched an antitrust probe into U.S. chipmaker Nvidia.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced "a package of rules designed to further impair the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) capability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in the next generation of advanced weapon systems and

Last month, the British government issued a "notice of final order" that China-registered Future Technology Devices International Holding Ltd must sell 80.2 percent of Scottish fabless semiconductor firm FTDI, due to national security risks.

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.