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US-China trade talks could become harder as scrutiny grows over Washington’s controls on AI chip exports, Semafor reports. The issue is expected to surface at next week’s APEC summit, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Why it mattersMichael Deng, a former Commerce Department official now at Bloomberg, told Semafor that China may doubt whether Trump can commit to keeping export controls unchanged. The report links that uncertainty to congressional debate over restrictions on AI chips, including Nvidia’s H200. This is an attributed assessment, not proof that the talks will fail. Still, when the chips are part of the diplomacy, a political row can travel well beyond Silicon Valley.
Discuss: Should AI chip export controls be treated as negotiable trade terms, or kept off the table as national-security policy?
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