Media reports indicate that the German government has blocked Chinese investments in two domestic semiconductor producers, based on concerns about national security, in particular the transfer of technological know-how.

A Republican Congressman who is active on China trade and tech issues is pushing the Biden administration on its implementation of the newly announced rules on export controls for semiconductors and supercomputers.

At a WTO meeting last week, China raised concerns about recent U.S. legislation involving industrial subsidies, and the United States pushed back.

Chinese local governments are rolling out new measures to attract investments in semiconductors and high-tech. It remains to be seen whether these incentives will be successful in promoting domestic technology, which has experienced bottlenecks after being cut off from U.S. technology and equipment. Furthermore, a focus on local companies

Five Republican Senators have sent a letter to President Biden "demanding he act quickly to prevent Huawei from building the Pengxinwei IC Manufacturing Company (PXW) semiconductor plant."

In a move that is in part due to political pressure, Apple has paused a plan to use chips from China's Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) in some of its iPhones.

Taiwanese government officials and representatives of tech companies visited the United States last week to boost bilateral collaboration on 5G, semiconductors, and renewable energy. The Taiwanese government estimated that the trip would generate nearly 1 billion USD worth of R&D investment and new orders for Taiwanese businesses.