The US government already has a lot to say about what products chipmakers can and can't sell in China. This week the Commerce Department moved to make it harder for South Korean memory vendors Samsung and SK Hynix to continue manufacturing in the region.

In a notice [ PDF ] published in the Federal Register, the Commerce Department announced it had terminated the chipmaker's verified end user (VEU) status.

The VEU program allows companies vetted by the US government to bypass license requirements and import, transfer, and re-export products normally subject to US license requirements.

Samsung and SK Hynix are two of the largest producers of DRAM and NAND flash memory in the world, and maintain a considerable presence in China. According to South Korean media , Samsung's manufacturing pl

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