The US government announced last Friday (12th) that it added 32 entities to the Entity List, including 23 Chinese firms such as GMC Semitech and Jicun Semitech (Shanghai). These companies were included in the Entity List for assisting SMIC (00981.HK)  -6.800 (-8.484%)    Short selling $2.22B; Ratio 13.973%   (688981.SH)  -9.270 (-6.793%)   in acquiring US chip manufacturing equipment.

SMIC's subsidiaries were previously added to the Entity List, which restricts the export, re-export or transfer to these entities of all items controlled by the US Export Administration Regulations. License applications involving these entities will be reviewed under a presumption of denial policy.

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The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) expressed strong opposition, criticizing the US for generalizing national security and abusing export controls, and urging the US to stop unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises.

China also announced the launch of an anti-discrimination investigation into US measures related to the integrated circuit sector and an anti-dumping investigation into imported related analog chips originating from the US.
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