When the Chips Are Down

摘要

Amid already fierce trade frictions between China and the U.S. are signs of a technology war between the world's two largest economies, with a leading Chinese telecom equipment maker caught in the crossfire.On April 16, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) imposed a seven-year ban on ZTE's purchase of crucial U.S. technologies, commodities, components and parts, including chips, for its alleged violation of the terms of a sanctions settlement.