US chips are ‘no longer safe,’ Chinese industry bodies say in latest trade salvo

Chinese companies should be wary of buying U.S. chips as they are “no longer safe” and buy locally instead, four of the country’s top industry associations said on Tuesday in a rare coordinated response to Washington’s curbs on Chinese chipmakers.

The two nations have targeted each other’s economies in the last few days, escalating tensions even before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January. Trump has promised to impose heavy tariffs on imported Chinese goods, reviving a trade war from his first four-year term as president.