Trade War Has Damaged U.S. Chip Industry

SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Lidow has sold semiconductors in China for decades, starting at a company, called International Rectifier, that his father and grandfather founded in the Los Angeles area in 1947. Mr. Lidow is among the semiconductor executives in the United States who have become concerned that the trade war with China — particularly the Trump administration’s ban on selling chips to some prominent Chinese customers — won’t just squeeze current revenue. “In my 40 years in this business, I’ve had friends in China that viewed me as a trusted supplier,” Mr. Lidow said.

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