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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

US bans ‘advanced tech’ firms from building facilities in China for a decade

The US secretary of commerce, Gina Raimondo, speaks about semiconductor chips subsidies during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, on 6 September 2022.
The US secretary of commerce, Gina Raimondo, says the plan aims to ‘ensure those who receive Chips funds cannot compromise national security’. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

US technology firms that receive government funding will be banned from building “advanced technology facilities” in China for a decade, the Biden administration has announced, as it outlined plans to increase domestic production of semiconductors.

The requirements come under the US government’s near-$53bn (£46bn) plan to scale up manufacturing of semiconductor chips – the “brain” in every electronic device from cars to household appliances – which are predominantly produced in Asia.

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