On the same logic, youtube, facebook, google, etc. should not be owned by the parent company in other countries than the US because of the influence they have on ppls opinions (on policital elections and whatnot)
AFAIK nobody seriously believes that.
The goal of government entities in these types of spots is to have de facto control and/or influence without appearing to have it.
> AFAIK nobody seriously believes that.
Ummmm…
Who knows what could be on those chips.