The United States intends to further contain chips in mainland China, starting with government procurement

The U.S. intends to hit China’s chip industry again. The Democratic leader of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, proposed that if companies use semiconductors that are listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as mainland military contractors, the U.S. government should not have any contact with these companies. Business contacts should start with government procurement to further block the development of the chip industry in the mainland.

According to the industry's interpretation, although Schumer's proposal can only be implemented after the vote is passed, it has revealed that the United States has a strong attitude towards the "de-centralization" of the chip industry. The dependence on semiconductor manufacturers in China and the region will also expand.

Previously, the U.S. has taken a series of tough anti-blocking measures against mainland companies, including announcing a new round of ban on semiconductor technology sales to the mainland on October 7, strictly controlling the import of advanced computing and semiconductor technologies to the mainland, including supercomputers and semiconductors. Entities, from a three-pronged approach of technology, equipment and talents, and extended to storage and other fields; recently announced a ban on the import or sale of communication equipment deemed to have "unacceptable national security risks", including Huawei and ZTE products.

Schumer said in a speech at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday in the Senate on the 28th: ​​"If American companies want the federal government to buy their products or services, they should not use chips made in mainland China. Because of the official involvement of mainland China , will put our national security at risk."

Schumer urged his congressional colleagues to support the proposal, saying: "Our government and our economy must use chips made here in the United States. We must take a strong stance against the Chinese government and its actions."

Both Schumer and Republican Senator John Cornyn (John Cornyn) expressed their intention to expand the scope of the ban on the US government's use of mainland-made chips. The U.S. political news agency Politico reported a few days ago that Schumer and Cornyn want to list the bipartisan proposal as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), expanding Section 889 of the NDAA; Government agencies have long been prohibited from doing business with Chinese telecommunications companies or contractors using their technology, and after the amendment, the federal government is prohibited from using semiconductor products and services manufactured by Chinese companies.

The NDAA, the annual policy-setting act for the Department of Defense, has always attracted the attention of a wide range of industries and interest groups because it is the basis for the Pentagon's decisions on matters such as purchasing ships and aircraft, increasing military pay and how to respond to geopolitical threats.