President Biden takes the next step in the US-China semiconductor war


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Question marks hang over the international community's response and supply chain problems that may result from the latest battle in America and China's semiconductor fight. US President Joe Biden and his immediate predecessor, Donald Trump, have little in common. One policy area in which the two men have been in full agreement, though, is China. The Trump administration made a number of interventions aimed at blocking Chinese economic interests, for example slapping tariffs on steel and aluminium imports and blocking the $117bn (£105.8bn) Chinese-backed bid for US chipmaker Qualcomm. He declared war on Huawei, the Chinese telecoms equipment maker, barring...