Senate Resolution Would Back Keeping Chip Export Controls on China
Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a resolution Nov. 6 calling for the U.S. government to continue denying China access to advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to maintain the American advantage in AI.
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The resolution says that “export controls on advanced chips, chip design software, tools, and manufacturing equipment have denied” the Chinese government “the opportunity to develop domestic chipmaking capabilities and capture significant market share of global AI infrastructure.”
The legislation also urges the U.S. government to ensure that American companies “maintain priority access to the cutting-edge AI chips they require to build frontier AI models and are not deprioritized in favor of buyers in China or other arms-embargoed countries.” It emphasizes the importance of exporting the full U.S. AI stack, including chips, cloud infrastructure and models, to allies and partners.
The resolution, which was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is co-sponsored by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Dave McCormick, R-Pa., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.
The introduction came as congressional negotiators consider whether the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act should include a proposal to require U.S. manufacturers of advanced AI chips to make their products available to American firms before selling them to China and other U.S. arms embargoed countries. The Senate-passed version of the NDAA contains the proposal, while the House-passed version doesn't (see 2510100015 and 2510240052).