The Biden government wants to extend the exemption to allow South Korean and Taiwan chip companies to maintain their Chinese mainland business. "the Biden government intends to extend the exemption, allowing semiconductor manufacturers in South Korea and Taiwan to maintain Chinese mainland business." The Wall Street Journal exposed the news on the 13th. Alan Estewitz, the undersecretary for industry and security at the U.S. Department of Commerce, said at an industry conference last week that the Biden administration intends to extend the exemption from an export control policy aimed at restricting the sale of advanced process chips and chip manufacturing equipment to China by the United States and foreign companies using American technology, the report said.