EU Considers Joining U.S. in Reviewing Risks From Chinese Legacy Chips

(Bloomberg) — The European Union is considering a formal review of how widely its businesses use mature or lower-end chips from China, joining the United States in flagging a potential risk to national security and global supply chains.

The EU is considering whether to investigate how deeply such semiconductors are embedded across industry networks, according to a draft statement seen by Bloomberg News. Such a move would mirror a Biden administration initiative to assess the risks of relying on the chips, which aren’t cutting-edge but are vital to the military and sectors from electric vehicles to infrastructure.