SK Hynix reportedly wants permission to export equipment to China in exchange for building a new US chip factory.

The export-restricted equipment for making RAM would go to SK Hynix’s Dalian, China facility, Reuters reports. Its sources say increasing SK Hynix’s production in China would help fund a US factory. SK Hynix is also separately reportedly in talks about making chips at an Intel facility in Ohio. [Link: SK Hynix conditions new US factory on more US chip equipment exports to China, sources say | https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sk-hynix-conditions-new-us-factory-more-us-chip-equipment-exports-china-sources-2026-10-15/ | Reuters]