A tech industry group on Monday, January 25, called for a review of the Trump administration's export control policy, and urged the incoming US Commerce Secretary to work with allies when curbing sales of US technology to China for national security.
In a letter to Gina Raimondo, secretary-designate of the US Commerce Department, SEMI president Ajit Manocha said the United States should coordinate with allies whose companies compete in the global market. Increasingly, Manocha noted, foreign competitors are marketing goods as"free from US export controls."
It urged the Commerce secretary-designate to quickly correct an August rule that expanded US authority over foreign company sales to China's Huawei, which unintentionally affected some foreign-made semiconductor production and test equipment.