Many things have changed in America since Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump as president. But foreign policy towards China, which was hostile under President Trump, has remained equally as unfriendly under Biden’s leadership. One of the sectors that received significant attention was the tech sector. Semiconductors have been earmarked as a key strategic battleground, in which China is dependent on the US. Back in 2016, President Xi Jinping noted that “[China’s] dependence on core technology is the biggest hidden trouble for us”. Huawei was consistently in the firing line under the Trump administration, with one official claiming that...