Taiwan has added China's Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) to its export control list, along with other banned organizations such as the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
The listing on the strategic entity list by the Commerce Administration under the Ministry of Economy means that Taiwanese companies must obtain government approval before exporting any products to the entities.
The following two companies are listed in the latest version of the ministry's commerce administration website.
The ministry said that as of June 10, a total of 601 entities had been added and updated to the entity list, including Huawei, SMIC, as well as entities from Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Myanmar and China.
Taiwan, home to TSMC, the world's largest contract chip manufacturer and a major supplier to leading AI companies such as Nvidia, already imposes strict controls on chip exports by local companies to China
Huawei is on a United States (US) trade blacklist that bars it from acquiring goods and technology from the US, including chips from foreign companies such as TSMC.
TSMC suspended shipments to Chinese chip designer Sophgo in November after a US Commerce Department order because the company's chips matched Huawei's 910B chip.
The Taiwanese government has also repeatedly stressed its commitment to cracking down on Chinese companies such as SMIC, which are accused of stealing technology and luring talent in the chip industry away from the island.
