US slams China policies on chips, but would delay imposing tariffs to 2027AFP, WASHINGTONUS trade officials determined that China should be penalized for employing unfair tactics to dominate the semiconductor industry, but would wait 18 months to impose tariffs, US authorities said on Tuesday. A central processing unit is displayed among miniature flags of the US and China in an illustration photograph taken on Feb. 17, 2023. “We urge the United States to quickly correct its erroneous practices,” Lin told a regular news briefing. USTR officials launched the probe in December last year in the final weeks of then-US president Joe Biden’s term, extending the initiative when US President Donald Trump took office in January. The White House has jousted with Beijing, but reached a broad truce with China after a major escalation in the spring.
