Reuters reported exclusively that the U.S. government has been slow to approve licenses for American companies to sell chipmaking equipment to China semiconductor giant SMIC, as the impact of a global chip shortage spreads. Many licenses for U.S. suppliers to ship an estimated $5 billion dollars’ worth of equipment and materials have not come through, sources said, though many firms submitted applications soon after the Chinese company was blacklisted in December.
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Reuters exclusively reports amid shortage, U.S. suppliers to Chinese chip giant SMIC struggle to get export licenses
04 March 2021, 3:08 pm 1 minute
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