US EditionU.S. lifts chip software curbs on China amid trade truce
UNITED STATES, JUL 3 – The U.S. rescinded May 2025 export restrictions on chip design software and ethane after a trade agreement with China, restoring market access for firms representing over 70% of China’s EDA market.
- The Trump administration lifted export curbs on chip design software and ethane exports to China as part of a trade deal finalized last week.
- This move followed a brief crackdown on Electronic Design Automation software sales aimed at limiting China’s semiconductor and AI ambitions initiated in May.
- The US Commerce Department informed leading companies Siemens, Cadence, and Synopsys that license requirements for business with China are no longer in place under the agreement.
- Just under 50% of American ethane exports went to China last year, and China controls 70% of its EDA market according to a Chinese state report.
- The deal aims to ease critical technology flows provided China speeds approval of mineral exports, though the trade truce is set to expire in August and tariffs remain high.
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