Lao Mei may regret it! The original fine of $600 million was reduced to $300 million, and the U.S. company still violated the rules
The restrictions imposed by the United States on some national enterprises in China have not only affected the development of China's enterprises, but also harmed the interests of American enterprises. In order to protect their interests, some American companies have taken"Illegal Transportation"Seagate is an example.
However, Seagate is also for its own"Wrong"Paid the price, and Seagate was fined $600 million after the results of the U.S. semiconductor investigation. However, Seagate lobbied to reduce the fine from $600 million to $300 million, and it took five years to pay it off.
It is also said that if not from the point of view of the United States, this kind"Drain the water"After all, Seagate can easily reduce the price with its own fines, and it can also exchange its fines for a 5-year protection period.
In this case, some companies continue"Committing crimes against the wind", using U.S. export controls as an ornament to continue from the U.S"Illegal shipments", as the United States says, perhaps not impossible. On the contrary, if the U.S. semiconductor penalty is too heavy and Seagate is not given the remaining chance, then perhaps that opportunity will change. Unfortunately, the same thing happened to American semiconductor companies.
According to reports, the U.S. side believes that Applied Materials, a major U.S. equipment manufacturer, through its subsidiary in South Korea, has shipped hundreds of millions of yuan worth of equipment to Chinese customers. To this end, the company replied that it could not ** the amount of the fine for this matter, but that it would comply with the relevant U.S. export control regulations in the future. On the other hand, the company doesn't really take U.S. export controls seriously, at least after it has shipped hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment and obtained a certain amount of profit, it doesn't feel that it will have to bear any major consequences afterwards.
In my opinion, this situation means, on the one hand, that it is difficult to resist the interests of the Chinese market. On the other hand, they are reckless, and looking at Seagate's illegal shipments, the United States is loose again and again. Moreover, from the perspective of circumventing export restrictions, it is also considered to be shipping through subsidiaries instead of them shipping directly"Not breaking the law"。
To be honest, the fines in the United States are not severe enough and the attitude is not resolute enough, which is why American companies frequently test their results.
Now, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment have been shipped out, but they are unable to retrieve them, and even the purpose of export control is basically impossible to achieve. This may have been unfortunate for the good old America—if they hadn't given up on Seagate, wouldn't this have happened?
Why does Micron Technology still want to increase its investment in mainland China in exchange for deep links with more customers in the context of limited products? , look at Nvidia again, limit once or twice, they still haven't given up their thirst for shipments in the mainland market. It can be seen that the overseas restrictions on semiconductors in the United States are just wishful thinking on the part of the superiors, and many people in the business community oppose it.
When they will change this positive thinking is indeed a question worth pondering. But in my opinion, the fines for Seagate and Applied Materials are just a shadow, and it may be more difficult to stop U.S. companies from shipping products next year. What are your thoughts on this? Please comment, like, and share on this topic!