The recent discovery of TSMC chips in Huawei devices has revealed some gaps in the US sanctions on China. As a result, TSMC has decided to no longer even accept Chinese orders for advanced semiconductors.
This move aligns with the Biden administration’s strategy of halting progress in advanced sectors like AI; the US also got some other countries on board as well: Netherlands, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.
Now it’ll be up to incoming US President Donald Trump to figure out how to use tech restrictions or tariffs (or some combination of the two) to define US-Chinese relations.