The International Trade Administration of Taiwan added Huawei and SMIC to its "Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List," including a host of their subsidiaries. Huawei and SMIC, two of China's leading semiconductor companies,

Taiwan has added Chinese tech giants Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) to its trade blacklist, in a move that further aligns the island’s chip policy with US-led export controls targeting Beijing’s semiconductor ambitions.

Chinese companies Huawei and SMIC may have a difficult time accessing resources needed to build AI chips, due to Taiwanese export controls.