Taiwan adds China’s Huawei and SMIC to export control list

Taiwan has added China’s Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) to its export control list, which includes other proscribed organisations like the Taliban and al Qaeda.

Inclusion on the economy ministry’s trade administration’s strategic high-tech commodities entity list means Taiwanese companies will need government approval before exporting any products to the companies.

The companies, both at the centre of China’s chip and artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, were included in an updated version of the…