In $2020,$ the US issued a rule requiring foreign manufacturers that use US chip$-$making equipment to get a license from the US government before selling semiconductors to firms such as Huawei. As a result, Samsung mush get a license from the US government because: $q,$

Samsung relies on equipment made by TSMC $($a Taiwanese company$)$ and ASML $($a Dutch company$)$ to produce semiconductors.

Samsung does not have a semiconductor manufacturing factory in the US$.$

Samsung relies on equipment made by US companies to produce semiconductors.

Samsung is not a US company.