Given that this is an act of economic warfare, how does the US government justify it? For liberal western democracies, “it is in our selfish interest to do so” is typically not seen as a sufficient reason. Usually there is some justification of why it is the morally right thing to do. I’m concerned this part is missing here.
The justification is that there’s a risk that the Chinese military will use it. It seems to be part of general export controls for military hardware.
“This includes preventing China’s acquisition and use of US technology in the context of its military-civil fusion program to fuel its military modernisation efforts, conduct human rights abuses, and enable other malign activities.”
The linked article is more than a week old, though, it appears not to talk exactly about the same thing. Moreover, presumably every military in the world has to use microchips, so a China specific ban seems to require further justification.
Given that this is an act of economic warfare, how does the US government justify it? For liberal western democracies, “it is in our selfish interest to do so” is typically not seen as a sufficient reason. Usually there is some justification of why it is the morally right thing to do. I’m concerned this part is missing here.
The justification is that there’s a risk that the Chinese military will use it. It seems to be part of general export controls for military hardware.
The linked article is more than a week old, though, it appears not to talk exactly about the same thing. Moreover, presumably every military in the world has to use microchips, so a China specific ban seems to require further justification.