Currently the US sell for $70b worth of semiconductors to China annually, that's 36% of all US chip sales [1]
Of course, any government's goal should be to diversify and not to be too dependent on a single country (like China is dependent on the US at the money). But that indeed should something for the Chinese government to worry about and, arguably, not for the US to force their hand in a move that will actually benefit China in the long term.
Of course, any government's goal should be to diversify and not to be too dependent on a single country (like China is dependent on the US at the money). But that indeed should something for the Chinese government to worry about and, arguably, not for the US to force their hand in a move that will actually benefit China in the long term.
[1] https://www.semiconductors.org/the-largest-share-of-u-s-indu...