The United States has added 32 companies and organizations from China, India, Iran, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates to its trade blacklist, further tightening restrictions on technology exports.
Among the blacklisted firms are GMC Semiconductor Technology (Wuxi) Co and Jicun Semiconductor Technology, which Washington accused of acquiring American chipmaking equipment for China’s largest chipmaker, SMIC. Both companies allegedly supplied tools to SMIC Northern Integrated Circuit Manufacturing (Beijing) Corp and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation, which were already on the US Entity List. Exporting such equipment to these companies requires special licenses that are generally denied.
The US also restricted Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Technology Co, a major producer of high-performance computing chips. Officials said the company and its affiliates in China, Singapore, and Taiwan were helping China’s military modernization while supplying advanced technology to Beijing’s security agencies. In addition, the firm was accused of transferring sensitive technology to Russian military users, leading to further restrictions.
The blacklist expansion goes beyond China, with several entities from India, Iran, Turkey, and the UAE also targeted. While the US notice did not provide detailed roles of these firms, it underlined Washington’s efforts to curb the transfer of sensitive technologies to countries it views as security threats.
This move reflects Washington’s broader strategy of controlling semiconductor exports to China and its allies, a policy that has intensified amid growing competition in advanced technology.
