TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s Commerce Ministry added Chinese chipmakers Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) to its export control list Sunday, as trade and technology frictions between the self-ruled island, China and the United States increase.

Inclusion on the “strategic high-tech commodities” list means Taiwanese companies will need to obtain export permits before selling goods to the respective companies. Other entities on the list include organizations such as the Taliban and al-Qaeda, as well as other companies in China, Iran and elsewhere.

Huawei and SMIC have both been sanctioned by the U.S. Taiwan is home the world’s largest chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. — Associated Press