TSMC, along with SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, are losing waivers that allowed them export chipmaking equipment to manufacturing plants in China.

Washington’s latest move marks another development in the ever-intensifying tech race between the rival superpowers.

Losing this status means each shipment requires a licence, slowing deliveries and complicating capacity expansions or upgrades.

The move blocks TSMC from shipping US-made tech to its facility in China.

TSMC, along with SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, are losing waivers that allowed them export chipmaking equipment to manufacturing plants in China.

The U.S. government has rescinded a waiver that allowed the world's largest contract chipmaker to easily export key chipmaking tech and equipment into China.