US-China tech clash over chips intensifies ahead of summit, with global supply-chain implications

Staff reporter, Taipei Apr 8, 2026, 13:02 0

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As US and Chinese leaders prepared for a mid-May summit, proposed US export controls on semiconductor equipment under the MATCH Act and China's sharp state-media rebuttal signaled heightened tech tensions with far-reaching global supply-chain implications...

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