Schumer: China’s Micron ban is ‘troubling use of economic coercion’

China’s decision to ban the use of Micron products in the country’s critical information infrastructure is “a troubling use of economic coercion against the U.S.,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Tuesday. The Cyberspace Administration of China on Monday announced that Idaho-based semiconductor manufacturer had failed a cybersecurity review. “The Chinese government’s announced action against Micron is not based in fact and is a troubling use of economic coercion against the U.S,” Schumer said in a statement ...