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The USA is considering the possibility of adding to the «blacklist» a number of Chinese semiconductor companies associated with Huawei Technologies after the telecom giant made a significant technological breakthrough last year, as reported by Bloomberg.
The list of companies that may be blacklisted includes chip makers Qingdao Si'En, SwaySure and Shenzhen Pensun Technology (PST). Biden officials are also considering sanctions on leading Chinese memory chip maker ChangXin Memory Technologies.
«Adding more Chinese companies to the US Entity Blacklist is a very likely event,— wrote Jefferies analyst Edison Lee. — This is easy to implement and justify, and will further block some key Chinese companies from exploiting existing loopholes in export restrictions.
In addition to companies that produce chips, US officials may also sanction Shenzhen Pengjin High-Tech, as well as SiCarrier. The US concern is that these two semiconductor manufacturing equipment companies are acting as proxies to help Huawei obtain sanctioned equipment.
It is unclear whether the Commerce Department has additional evidence linking these companies to Huawei, the sources said.
Huawei was added to the blacklist back in 2019. It cannot purchase US technology unless the sellers obtain a special export license from the US Department of Commerce.