bloomberg news enforcement reporter david mclaughlin joins us from washington. you explain this indictment and who has named, and what are the charges? david: the charges are conspiracy to steal trade secrets from macron, as he said. the companies that were charged --re chinese company called i am forgetting the name actually. the other company is taiwanese. united microelectronics. a very well known company. individuals, three individuals who worked at those companies who were alleged of taking the technology, the ip from macron. shery: what technology does this indictment cover? david: macron makes what is called dynamic random acts of memory. it is a type of computer memory. it is the only u.s. manufacturer of these types of chips. it is very important to the united states. and china, on the other hand, is trying to build its know how in the semiconductor market, and many different types of semiconductors. the allegations here are that the chinese government as an important technology that the government should be able to produce. that the country should be ab