據路透社報道，為芯片業提供復雜且昂貴的設備的公司計劃警告特朗普政府，不要將中國頂級芯片制造商SMIC列入黑名單，因為這將損害美國半導體產業。
路透社指出，這些公司由半導體和電子制造供應商行業組織SEMI代表，起草了一封信，該信可能會在本周內盡快寄給商務部秘書威爾伯·羅斯。
SEMI在信草案中表示，將SMIC列入黑名單，將使美國公司更難為其提供產品，從而損害美國的技術優勢，而美國公司每年對其出售的額設備和材料銷售額高達50億美元。
該集團在信草案中辯稱，將中芯國際列入黑名單將使美國公司更難為其提供產品，從而損害美國的技術優勢，而美國公司每年在美國的設備和材料銷售額高達50億美元。
他們還認為，此舉會讓人們認為美國商品交付的“不可靠”，并越來越影響美國企業在全球的市場份額。
該組織在全球擁有2400名成員。該組織表示：“我們敦促美國商務部仔細考慮將SMIC加入實體名單可能對美國工業，經濟和國家安全造成的近期和長期不利影響。”
商務部沒有立即回應置評請求。
SEMI的SEMI全球公共政策副總裁JoePasetti說：“我們對泄漏給媒體的信函草案不發表評論。”
附路透社報道原文：
Companiesthat supply the chip sector with sophisticated and expensive equipment plan towarn the Trump administration against a proposal to blacklist China's top chipmakerSemiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation 0981.HK, arguing it wouldbe “detrimental” to U.S. industry.
Thecompanies are represented by the semiconductor and electronics manufacturingsuppliers industry group SEMI, which drafted a letter obtained by Reuters thatcould be sent as soon as this week to Commerce Department Secretary WilburRoss.
In thedraft letter, the group argues that blacklisting SMIC would jeopardize theUnited States' technological edge by making it harder for U.S. companies to supply thecompany, which accounts for as much as $5 billion in annual U.S. originequipment and material sales.
They alsoargue that such a move would “contribute to a growing perception” that the deliveryof U.S. goods is “unreliable” and hit U.S. market share worldwide.
“We urge the Department to carefully consider the immediate and long-termdetrimental impacts to U.S. industry, economic and national security that mayresult from the addition of SMIC to the Entity List,” said the group, which boasts 2,400members worldwide.
TheCommerce Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
JoePasetti, SEMI's vice president of global public policy at SEMI, said “We don't comment on draftletters leaked to the press.”
Reutersreported earlier this month that the Defense Department was working with otheragencies to determine whether to add SMIC to the Commerce Department's so-called “entity list,” which would forceU.S. suppliers to seek hard-to-get licenses before shipping to the company.Shares of the company plunged by nearly a quarter on the news.
While theofficial did not reveal the motive for the proposed action, SMIC's relationship tothe Chinese military is under scrutiny, sources told Reuters, as theadministration increasingly trains its focus on China's military muscle.
The entitylist has been used as a key tool by the administration to hammer Chinesecompanies under scrutiny in Washington, from telecoms giant Huawei oversanctions violations to surveillance equipment producer Hikvision 002415.SZ foraiding in the repression of Uighur minorities.