China’s actions to ban Micron won’t torpedo relations: White House

China’s ban on the US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc won’t torpedo larger efforts to get US-China relations into better position, White House spokesman John Kirby said on Wednesday, adding that Washington was engaged directly with Beijing.

Kirby told reporters the recent ban over security concerns was clearly an attempt to undermine the Group of Seven (G7) nations’ strong stance against economic coercion, coming just one day after the G7 issued its first-ever statement on the issue.

He said the White House was communicating directly with the Chinese government, and said he did not expect the dispute over Micron to derail efforts by the White House for a more productive relationship with China.