Trump orders US chip designers to stop selling to China

10 doener 5 5/28/2025, 7:49:36 PM ft.com ↗

Comments (5)

duxup · 16h ago
Are these letters legally binding?

>Several people familiar with the move said the US Department of Commerce had told so-called electronic design automation groups — which include Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA — to stop supplying their technology to China.

>The Bureau of Industry and Security, the arm of the US commerce department that oversees export controls, issued the directive to the companies via letters, according to the people. It was unclear if every US EDA company had received a letter.

AnimalMuppet · 15h ago
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure the answer is no. I don't see anywhere in the Constitution that the president has the legitimate authority to issue such orders.

This is going to be one more grand-sounding order that is immediately blocked by a judge, and the block will be sustained on appeal.

bigyabai · 16h ago
Be careful chipmakers, this is America's Final Warning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China's_final_warning
johng · 16h ago
I did a startup that went south, with some of us cofounders fighting. It went on with negotiations, offers, etc... I remember receiving a buyout offer that was rejected. The 2nd offer came, and it was the final offer. Then the third, that was the final final offer. Then the 4th.... the final final final offer. Of course, more came but at least none of them included the final word :)
belter · 16h ago