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Doug Young

Bottom line: Washington's punishment of a Chinese chipmaker accused of stealing from Micron Technology is part of a savvy targeted approach by the Trump administration aimed at spotlighting illegal business practices by Chinese tech firms.

I thought I'd begin this Monday with a wrap and look at what's ahead for a Chinese chipmaker called Jinhua, which fell squarely in the crosshairs of Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing in a series of breakneck developments last week. This particular case ...

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Doug Young

Bottom line: China used its traditional silent treatment approach to kill Qualcomm's bid to buy NXP, quite possibly to show its displeasure with recent US trade tensions, but resulting global pressure could forced it to be more transparent in the future.

We'll close out the week with my own quick-and-dirty post mortem of the collapsed deal that would have seen telecoms chip maker Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) purchase Dutch rival NXP (Nasdaq: NXPI) for $44 billion. Put simply, this deal appears to ...

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Doug Young

Bottom line: China's approval of a small US chip merger shows Beijing is actively reviewing such deals again after a brief pause to show its displeasure over US trade tensions, and bodes well for eventual approval of Qualcomm's purchase of NXP.

Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing have thrown a number of major companies into turmoil, as the two sides spar over the former's attempts to form a new, more balanced bilateral relationship. Telecoms equipment maker ZTE (HKEx: 763;  Shenzhen...

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Doug Young

CHIPS: Trump Vetoes Chipmaker Sale, More to Come?

Doug Young 09月14日

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Bottom line: The US is likely to take a tougher stance towards Chinese M&A of politically sensitive companies following Trump's veto of a major deal, but in such cases will still need to justify the national security risk.

Trump vetoes sale of chipmaker

In a move that is sure to make major waves but wasn't completely unexpected, Donald Trump has made his first big statement on the sale of US high-tech companies to Chinese buyers by formally blocking a relatively large de...

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Doug Young

Bottom line: Lattice Semiconductor's sale to a Chinese buyer stands a 50-50 chance of getting national security clearance, benefiting from warming ties between the US and China and lack of defense-related technologies involved.

Lattice still trying to sell to Chinese buyer

More than a year after it first became an acquisition target for chip-hungry Chinese buyers, Lattice Semiconductor (Nasdaq: LSCC) is back in the headlines again with what looks like a last-ditch effort...

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Doug Young

Bottom line: Seagate's closure of its Suzhou factory, combined with its earlier formation of a Chinese technology-sharing joint venture, reflect the changing approach away from local manufacturing that western tech firms are taking towards China.

Seagate closes Suzhou factory

New reports are saying that hard disk drive maker Seagate (NYSE: STX) is closing down a factory in the eastern city of Suzhou, as part of a restructuring plan to revive its operations. Such a develo...

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