The U.S. government has placed 32 entities—across India, China, Iran, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates—on its trade blacklist. Among them are two Chinese firms accused of acquiring U.S. chip-manufacturing equipment for SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation) in Beijing.
Those two companies—GMC Semiconductor Technology (Wuxi) Co and Jicun Semiconductor Technology—are now on the so-called “Entity List,” which requires special export licenses for U.S. items if sent to them. Since SMIC and related Beijing entities were already listed, it’s likely that new license requests would be denied.
Also affected is Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Technology Co, which is engaged in producing high-performance computing chips. The U.S. Commerce Department says the firm, along with several related organizations in China, Taiwan, and Singapore, is contributing to China’s military modernization efforts, and supplying components or technology to government, security, or defence sectors. The new restrictions also cite its involvement in Russia-linked technology supply chains.
Companies based in India, Iran, Turkey and the UAE were similarly added. The move is part of broader U.S. efforts to control export of advanced technology, particularly semiconductors and other strategic electronics, to nations or firms considered sensitive from a national security standpoint.
