Beijing Seeks Tighter Grip on AI Exports Amid U.S. Rivalry
Washington has held off adding China's AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged as national security risks to a trade blacklist. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ASML that Washington is concerned one of its top chipmaking machines may have found its way to China in violation of US-led export restrictions. President Donald Trump said he will discuss artificial intelligence with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit on September 24, and Singapore's interior minister said servers that may contain Nvidia chips shipped from the United States to Singapore ended up in Malaysia with their final destination unknown.
Why it matters: The reported decisions and disclosures bear directly on export controls, showing how restrictions on AI and semiconductor technology are weighed in Washington, conveyed to allied equipment suppliers and circumvented through third-country routing.