BEIJING (Reuters) - Washington's new curbs on China's semiconductor industry are fanning fears that Beijing could strike back, as trade tensions between the two largest economies intensify. Chinese authorities have vowed to take action to safeguard the interests of their companies and the country has in recent years amassed a series of tools that analysts say they can use to...

AMSTERDAM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Nexperia, a Dutch-based computer chip maker, will comply with U.S. restrictions after its Chinese parent company Wingtech was put on the U.S. Department of Commerce's entity list, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The listing subjects Wingtech's access to U.S. technology to licensing requirements, the spokesperson said. These do not apply to Nexperia or its subsidiaries....

* Chinese chip firms vow to localise supply chains amid US curbs * US curbs may not disrupt Chinese chip progress, analysts say * CXMT exclusion brings relief to South Korean chip suppliers By Eduardo Baptista and Heekyong Yang BEIJING/SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Chinese chip companies targeted by Washington with fresh export controls have vowed to speed up supply...

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Chinese chip companies targeted by Washington with fresh export controls have vowed to speed up supply chain localisation and said they would be able to continue production thanks to recent efforts to build equipment stockpiles. The latest curbs, the third U.S. crackdown on the Chinese sector in three years, focused on chipmaking equipment, software and high-bandwidth memory....