Market Chatter: Apple Seeks US Approval to Secure Memory Chips From China's CXMT

MT Newswires Live06-29

Apple Inc. is seeking the Trump administration's approval to purchase memory chips from Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), which was blacklisted by the Pentagon over suspected ties with the People's Liberation Army, the Financial Times reported Saturday, citing six people familiar with the matter.

Although Apple is not currently barred from sourcing chips from companies like CXMT or Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC), both firms are on the Pentagon's Chinese Military Company blacklist, also known as the Section 1260H List, the report said.

This list is a U.S. Defense Department blacklist of firms that are deemed to support China's military-civil fusion strategy.

Apple Inc., CXMT, and YMTC did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' requests for comment.

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