McCaul calls for audit of all SMIC facilities to check for export control compliance

The Bureau of Industry and Security must conduct end-use checks on all Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation facilities in China, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) said this week, charging in a scathing letter to Commerce Under Secretary of Industry and Security Alan Estevez that the Chinese chip giant is easily getting around U.S. export controls. SMIC is the largest chipmaker in mainland China and is partially state-owned. BIS placed it on the Entity List in 2020. But the...