President Donald Trump said the U.S. doesn't plan to allow exports of Nvidia's Blackwell advanced AI chip to China.
Microsoft has secured export licenses from the Commerce Department to ship advanced Nvidia chips to its data centers in the United Arab Emirates, President Brad Smith said Nov. 3 in a blog post on the company's website.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., urged the Commerce Department on Oct. 30 to support Malaysia’s new efforts to prevent the country from being used to smuggle export-controlled U.S. chips to China.
A group of 18 national security experts, including several former government officials, urged Congress Oct. 30 to pass legislation that would restrict U.S. sales of advanced AI chips to China and other arms-embargoed countries if there's unmet demand from American firms.
The U.S. decision to suspend the Bureau of Industry and Security's 50% rule was met with both relief and exasperation by U.S. exporters, some of whom welcomed more time to prepare while also expressing frustration with the time and resources they already spent trying to comply, including buying expensive screening software.
Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Select Committee on China, announced Oct. 30 that they're introducing a companion to a Senate bill that would require U.S. manufacturers of advanced AI chips to make their products available to American firms before selling them to China and other "countries of concern."
President Donald Trump told reporters after his trade talks with China that the U.S. didn't discuss allowing exports of Nvidia's new Blackwell advanced AI chip to China. "We're not talking about the Blackwell," he said Oct. 30 on Air Force One.
Twelve Senate Democrats urged President Donald Trump Oct. 29 not to ease U.S. restrictions on inbound or outbound investment as part of a potential trade deal with China this week.
House Select Committee on China ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., said Oct. 29 that Congress might need to pass legislation to enhance the ability of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to screen transactions for national security risks.
Nvidia’s Blackwell AI processors, the company’s latest advanced AI chip, will be part of trade negotiations in talks with China this week, President Donald Trump told reporters Oct. 28.