China to challenge U.S. semiconductor export controls at WTO

China’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday announced it would bring a dispute settlement challenge at the World Trade Organization against the export controls the Biden administration has placed on a raft of high-tech semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The controls, imposed in October, are designed to hinder China’s ability to obtain the most advanced U.S.-designed chips. China has decried them from the start, and this week a MOFCOM spokesperson said Beijing would fight them in Geneva. “China's filing of a...