Gina Raimondo says ‘we’ve out-innovated China’ amid chips war


by TheHill

TheHill— Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo proudly held up the progress of American industry on semiconductor manufacturing Sunday, declaring that the U.S. has “out-innovated” China as the two nations fight to advance their domestic technology manufacturing. Semiconductor manufacturing has been a major priority of President Biden’s domestic policy, with Raimondo at the head. Biden has repeatedly held

Bloomberg.com—New Huawei Chip Breakthrough Shows China Lags US Tech, Raimondo Says. US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Huawei Technologies Co.’s latest phone shows that China remains behind on cutting-edge chip technology.

ETtech.com—US chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says. US export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back China's economy or technological development, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an interview with National Public Radio on Friday. Since 2022, US officials have imposed sweeping controls on which computing chips can be exported to China, cutting off some sales from Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, among others. Those controls followed earlier bans on shipping chips to Huawei...

Axios—Gina Raimondo outlines China, Russia microchip threats on "60 Minutes". "If you think about national security today in 2024, it's not just tanks and missiles; it's technology," she told "60 Minutes."