The Commerce Department, which oversees export policy, is actively discussing the possibility of banning exports of chipmaking tools to those Chinese factories that make advanced semiconductors at the 14-nanometer node and smaller Photo Credit : 1606708063_fekZIh_2020_11_30T032842Z_1_LYNXMPEGAT04Z_RTROPTP_4_CHINA_SEMICONDUCTORS.JPG 08 July, 2022 by BW Online Bureau Print this article Font size - 16 + The Biden administration is considering new targeted restrictions on shipments of chipmaking tools to China, seeking to hamstring advances by China's largest chipmaker, SMIC, without slowing the flow of chips into the global economy, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Commerce Department, which oversees export policy,...