U.S., China: Washington to Label SMIC, CNOOC as Chinese Military Companies 

The United States is reportedly planning to add China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to a list of companies controlled or owned by the Chinese intelligence and military apparatus, which would ban both SMIC and CNOOC from receiving U.S. investment per a recent executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reported Nov. 29. ...