特朗普叫停中資公司收購美芯片製造商

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would stop a China-backed bid for US-based chip maker Lattice Semiconductor, citing national-security risks to halt the $1.3bn deal.

美國總統唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)週三表示，他將阻止一家有中資背景的公司收購美國芯片製造商萊迪思半導體(Lattice Semiconductor)，理由是存在國家安全風險。這筆交易價值13億美元。

The order directed the companies to take all steps to drop the proposed deal within 30 days.

這一命令要求相關公司採取一切措施在30天內放棄擬議交易。

The White House said of its move:

白宮關於這一舉動的說明如下：

The national-security risk posed by the transaction relates to, among other things, the potential transfer of intellectual property to the foreign acquirer, the Chinese government’s role in supporting this transaction, the importance of semiconductor supply chain integrity to the United States Government, and the use of Lattice products by the United States Government.

該交易造成的國家安全風險包括（但不限於），知識產權可能轉移至外國收購者手中、中國政府在該交易中發揮的支持作用、半導體供應鏈完整性對美國政府的重要性以及美國政府使用萊迪思產品。

Lattice said in November that it had struck a deal with an affiliate of private equity firm Canyon Bridge to sell itself for $1.3bn, including debt. Among the deal’s backers was China Venture Capital Fund Corporation Limited, a Chinese corporation owned by Chinese state-owned entities, according to a statement from the US Treasury.

萊迪思去年11月表示，它已與私人股本公司Canyon Bridge Capital Partners的關聯公司達成協議，將以13億美元（包括債務）的價格出售給後者。美國財政部的聲明顯示，該交易的投資者之一是中國國有資本風險投資基金股份有限公司(China Venture Capital Fund Corporation Limited)，該公司由多家中國國有企業所有。

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, or CFIUS — a government agency that reviewed deals that could result in a foreign person or entity gaining control over a US business — had recommended against the transaction’s approval, the White house said.

白宮表示，美國外國投資委員會(Cfius)已提議否決該交易。美國外國投資委員會是一家政府機構，負責審查可能導致外國人或者實體控制一家美國企業的交易。