When it was mentioned that Huawei launched a new machine during his visit to China, the US Secretary of Commerce was sour again: their chips lagged behind the United States for several years
On April 21, local time, CBS broadcast an exclusive interview with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo. Raimondo repeated the old hype of the topic of "national security", bluntly saying that she would "prevent China and Russia from obtaining advanced chips from the United States". And when the CBS host mentioned that her visit to China last year coincided with the launch of Huawei's new phone, Raimondo said with a sour face that she "obviously" attracted China's attention, which showed that export controls "worked" because China's chip performance was "several years behind the United States".
Raimondo told CBS host Lesley Stahl that today's "national security" is not only about tanks and missiles, but also about technologies like semiconductors, artificial intelligence and drones, and that her Commerce Department is at the center of the vortex of these hot technologies.
She said that when the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out, the global "chip war" intensified, and the U.S. Department of Commerce stopped selling all semiconductor chips to Russia, and it was "effective" to do so, "because soon after we started this work, we heard stories of Russians taking semiconductors out of refrigerators, dishwashers......"
Raimondo was interviewed on CBS's "60 Minutes" program
CBS said that the U.S. Department of Commerce team is responsible for regulating and prohibiting any company from selling products equipped with U.S. chips to Russia, and it is not limited to Russia. U.S. President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address that he wanted to ensure that the most advanced U.S. technology could not be used in China, but China expressed clear opposition to this.
"Trade with China creates 750,000 jobs in the United States," Starr told Raimondo. If we stop trading, we will lose these jobs. ”
In response, Raimondo said, "We want to trade with China on the vast majority of goods and services," adding that "the answer is no for technologies that affect our national security." ”
It is worth mentioning that at the end of August last year, Raimondo carried out a four-day visit to China, which coincided with the launch of Huawei's new mobile phone.
"It's kind of like in front of you...... It's like saying, 'Look at the chip that we have,' 'This is a really good premium chip,' right?"
Raymond listened and nodded with a slightly awkward smile.
"Hmm...... Obviously, I got their attention. And ......"
Before Raimondo could finish speaking, the host interjected: "And they have also caught your attention." ”
"Hmm...... All right. Raimondo went on to show that U.S. "export controls are working" because the chip doesn't perform as well as ......
"This is several years behind the United States. We have the most advanced semiconductors in the world, which China does not have. We have surpassed China in terms of innovation. She added.
In February this year, Raimondo said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and Analytical Studies, a U.S. think tank, that the Biden administration's goal is to ensure that the United States produces 20% of the world's cutting-edge chips by 2030 and become a major manufacturer of the most advanced semiconductor chips. She pointed out that countries such as China are not shy about expressing and practicing their ambitions in the field of chips, and in order to stay ahead, the United States should ensure the implementation of the "CHIPS Act".
In recent years, the U.S. government has intensified its suppression of China in the field of semiconductors and other technologies, and has even tried to force its allies to join this camp. On April 10, the U.S. Department of Commerce pulled four Chinese companies into the export "blacklist" on the grounds of so-called "assisting the Chinese military in procuring artificial intelligence chips".
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly stressed that the United States restricts the export of chips to China under the pretext of "national security", but in fact, the relevant measures completely go beyond the boundaries of the concept of national security, so that the normal trade of ordinary civilian chips is greatly restricted. The US has also coerced some countries to suppress China's related enterprises, which has nothing to do with security and is a typical form of economic coercion. The actions of the US have seriously undermined the stability of the international supply chain, poisoned the atmosphere of international cooperation, and fueled division and confrontation. This self-serving approach is destined to shoot itself in the foot.
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