Barely a week after a high-profile joint statement signaled a pause in trade hostilities, the U.S. and China are disagreeing again.
Barely a week into a U.S.-China truce in their long-running trade war, Beijing has accused Washington of violating the temporary agreement reached in Geneva.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Monday that the U.S. was taking „discriminatory measures“ against China, after the U.S. Commerce Department recently warned American businesses to avoid Chinese-made microchips, specifically those produced by Chinese tech giant Huawei.Why It Matters
Both countries have walked back a series of punitive actions against the other as part of a 90-day pause agreed at the recent talks in Switzerland after U.S. President Donald Trump had imposed heavy tariffs. A consultation mechanism was created to discuss their wide-ranging trade disagreements, but the scope of the special channel may now be under dispute.
The Chinese government’s strongly worded pushback against sustained U.S. industrial policy in emerging and critical technologies—such as advanced computer chips fueling the race for AI supremacy—suggests the deep-rooted economic security concerns present in both camps will not be easily addressed despite agreements on paper.
China’s embassy in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Commerce and Treasury departments did not immediately return Newsweek’s emails seeking comment after hours.What To Know
An alert by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said Chinese advanced-computing integrated circuits like Huawei’s powerful Ascend chips „were likely developed or produced in violation of U.S. export controls.“
„BIS is warning that, pursuant to [General Prohibition 10], the use of such [People’s Republic of China] advanced computing ICs risks violating U.
