Biden administration to hit China with new curbs on U.S. chip and tool exports

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence and chipmaking tools, several people familiar with the matter have said. The Commerce Department intends to publish new regulations based on restrictions communicated in letters earlier this year to three U.S. companies -- KLA Corp., Lam Research Corp. and Applied Materials Inc -- the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The planned new rules have not previously been reported. This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software. Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites.