美國將限制中國使用雲計算 - 華爾街日報

Recently Yahoo News on-line reported the following:

US set to restrict China's access to cloud computing - WSJ

Mon, July 3, 2023 at 10:04 p.m. PDT

(Reuters) - The Biden administration is preparing to restrict Chinese companies' access to U.S. cloud-computing services, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

The new rule, if adopted, would likely require U.S. cloud-service providers such as Amazon and Microsoft to seek U.S. government permission before they provide cloud-computing services that use advanced artificial-intelligence chips to Chinese customers, the newspaper said.

The U.S. Department of Commerce is expected to implement the restriction in coming weeks as part of an expansion of its semiconductor export control policy introduced in October, the it said.

The Commerce Department, Microsoft and Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside business hours.

China said on Monday it would control exports of some metals widely used in the semiconductor industry, its latest response in an escalating dispute with the U.S. over access to high-tech microchips.

The controls on metals, which China said were aimed at protecting national security and its interests, will require exporters to seek permission to ship some gallium and germanium products.

(Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill, Robert Birsel)

Translation

（路透社）- 《華爾街日報》週二援引知情人士的話報導稱，拜登政府正準備限制中國公司使用美國雲計算服務。

該報稱，新規定如果獲得通過，可能會要求亞馬遜和微軟等美國雲服務提供商, 在向中國客戶提供使用先進人工智能芯片的雲計算服務之前, 必須尋求美國政府的許可。

該報說, 美國商務部預計將在未來幾週內實施該限制，作為 10 月份推出的擴大半導體出口管制政策的一部分。

美國商務部、微軟和亞馬遜沒有在辦工時間之外立即回應置評請求。

中國周一表示，半導體行業廣泛使用的一些金屬的出口將受控制，這是中國與美國就高科技微芯片准入問題不斷升級的爭端的最新回應。

中國表示，因旨在保護國家安全和利益對金屬的管制，出口商將被要求獲得許可才可輸出一些鎵和鍺產品。

So, the US would likely require cloud-service providers to seek U.S. government permission before they provide advanced cloud-computing services to Chinese customers. It seems that disputes between the U.S. and China over the access to high-tech microchips are escalating.