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The US-China trade spat just escalated again.  On Thursday, China's commerce ministry (MofCom) threatened to launch an anti-dumping investigation into US-made legacy chips. ICYMI: In December, the Biden administration initiated a Section 301 investigation into Chinese-made legacy chips, likely ...



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