Huawei Technologies is said to be plotting a return to the 5G smartphone industry by the end of this year.
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The two countries are set to deliver a blow to China’s chip makers soon by further restricting sales of chip-making equipment.
The US has sharpened its assault on China’s technology industry, an escalation that leaves Beijing with few options to retaliate.
Dutch officials are planning to enforce new controls on exports of chip-making equipment to China, a report said.
The move follows new regulations from the Biden administration, according to an internal e-mail sent to staff.
The US’s new restrictions on technology exports to China could undercut the Asian country’s ability to develop wide swaths of its economy.
China lashed out at the $52-billion programme to expand American chip-making, saying it violates fair market principles.
China’s top leadership has grown increasingly frustrated with a years-long failure to develop semiconductors that can replace US circuitry.
SMIC has likely advanced its production technology by two generations, defying US sanctions intended to halt the rise of China’s largest chip maker.
China has denounced US efforts to stop ASML and Nikon from selling key chip-making technology to the country as “technological terrorism”.