Half a dozen senior Senate Democrats urged President Donald Trump to reverse a decision allowing U.S. chipmakers Nvidia and AMD to sell advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China in exchange for a 15 percent government fee, warning the arrangement could undermine U.S. national security and violate export control laws.
In an open letter dated Aug. 15, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D‑N.Y.), and Sens. Mark Warner (D‑Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D‑Mass.), Jack Reed (D‑R.I.), Jeanne Shaheen (D‑N.H.), and Chris Coons (D‑Del.) said the decision trades away U.S. technological leadership for what amounts to a “commission” on sensitive technology sales to a strategic competitor.
