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U.S. lifts chip software curbs on China amid trade truce
- The Trump administration lifted export curbs on chip design software and ethane exports to China as part of a trade deal finalized last week.
- This move followed a brief crackdown on Electronic Design Automation software sales aimed at limiting China’s semiconductor and AI ambitions initiated in May.
- The US Commerce Department informed leading companies Siemens, Cadence, and Synopsys that license requirements for business with China are no longer in place under the agreement.
- Just under 50% of American ethane exports went to China last year, and China controls 70% of its EDA market according to a Chinese state report.
- The deal aims to ease critical technology flows provided China speeds approval of mineral exports, though the trade truce is set to expire in August and tariffs remain high.
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US eases restrictions on chip exports to China
The US lifted some restrictions on the export of chip-design software to China, a sign of further easing in trade tensions between the two superpowers. Washington told a major software provider that it no longer had to apply for licenses to do business in China. The measures were imposed after Beijing limited shipments of rare-earth minerals to the US, itself a response to Washington’s tariffs and semiconductor export controls. China and the US …
U.S. Lifts Chip Design Software Curbs on China
The U.S. government lifted its export restrictions on key chip-design software to China, after the two countries last week reached a broader trade agreement. The decision, which comes less than two months after the Trump administration implemented the curbs, is significant for China. Access to the software, known as electronic design automation tools, is essential in the development of all
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