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New China AI Chip Rule Puts Trump Admin, Lawmakers at Odds

‘Advanced chips absolutely shift military advantage,’ House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Brian Mast said.
New China AI Chip Rule Puts Trump Admin, Lawmakers at Odds
Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) presides over a hearing about USAID on Capitol Hill on Feb. 13, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Catherine Yang
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The Trump administration formalized a path for U.S. chip companies to sell more powerful artificial intelligence (AI) chips to customers in China with a new rule on Jan. 13, a day after House lawmakers celebrated the passage of a bipartisan bill aimed at closing a related export-control loophole in order to curb Chinese access to similar advanced AI chips.
On Jan. 14, lawmakers criticized the new rule during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the AI race between the United States and the Chinese regime, where several members highlighted bills that they recently introduced to support the U.S. lead in AI.
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.