Macron has flown in with a 50-strong business delegation, while Von der Leyen has said the EU must move to cut risks in its trade ties with Beijing

Analysts say Samsung’s chip division likely reported quarterly losses of more than $2.3 billion due to falling memory chip prices and lower inventory values

Merger reviews have become an additional tool for Beijing in its tit-for-tat fight with Washington over access to advanced technology

Beijing urges the World Trade Organization to scrutinse export restrictions imposed by the US, Netherlands and Japan on companies that make advanced computer chips

The Cyberspace Administration of China said it would conduct a security review of Micron's products sold in the country

Japan has seen its share of the global microchip market crash from 50% in the late 1980s to around 10% now

Japan joined the US chip war against China on Friday, announcing restrictions on exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment

The firm said it was now "out of crisis mode” following years of painful US curbs and sanctions that blitzed its telecoms business

The Cyberspace Administration of China said the move was aimed at protecting supply chains and national security

Japan wants to stop its advanced technology being used for military purposes and does not have a specific country in mind, the country's trade minister said

China faces a shortage of an estimated 200,000 industry workers this year, a problem that has become even more critical in face of intensified US chip rivalry

"External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world," Tsai said on Wednesday before flying to the US, where she could meet Speaker Kevin McCarthy