US chips are 'no longer safe,' Chinese industry bodies | REUTERS

Chinese companies should be wary of buying us chips as they are no longer safe that was the warning from four of the country's top industry associations on Tuesday who also said firms should buy locally instead it was a rare coordinated response to Washington's curbs on Chinese chip makers the statements did not detail Why Us chips were unsafe or unreliable the warning arrives after the two Nations targeted each other's economy over the last few days it's escalated tensions even before us president-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January Trump has promised to impose heavy

tariffs on imported Chinese Goods the move would revive a trade war from his first four-year term as president on Monday the US launched its third Crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry it curbed exports to 140 companies including chip equipment maker NAA Technology Group ch Tuesday's call from Chinese industry bodies to buy local could affect us chipm giants like Nvidia AMD and Intel those firms have managed to keep selling products in the Chinese market despite export controls the three companies did not immediately respond to a Roy's request for comment the semiconductor industry Association is

a US trade group representing major chip holders it responded to the coordinated call to limit procurement of us chips as unhelpful if further argued any claims American chips are no longer safe or reliable are simply inaccurate the group also encouraged both the US and Chinese governments to avoid further escalation