U.S. Senate eyes tightened restrictions on Chinese semiconductors

WASHINGTON: The Democratic leader of the U.S. Senate urged lawmakers on Monday to back his proposal to bar the U.S. government from doing business with companies that use semiconductors made by producers the Pentagon considers Chinese military contractors.

“If American business wants the federal government to buy their products or services, they shouldn’t be using the kind of Chinese-made chips that, because of Chinese government involvement, put our national security at risk,” Senator Chuck Schumer said in remarks opening the Senate after its Thanksgiving holiday recess. “We need our government and our economy to rely on chips made right here in America.”