Chip ban pushback stresses damage

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Friday that calls from the United States business community pushing back on a proposed Chinese chip ban, in the final version of an annual defense policy bill, shows how the arbitrary disruption and damage to global industrial and supply chains serves no one's interests.

In a letter to Jack Reed, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, and James Inhofe, ranking member of the committee, the industry group said the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act's amendment banning government agencies from doing business with Chinese semiconductor manufacturers is not clearly defined in law or regulations.

The coalition also argued that the amendment would impose "tremendous compliance burdens" on government contractors and grant or loan recipients.