Beijing seeks that Washington flexible the restrictions on key chips for artificial intelligence within the framework of a possible agreement prior to the Trump-XI summit. The pressure intensifies after the announcement of 100% tariffs on semiconductor imports in the US.
China wants the US to soften the Critical Chips Export Restrictions For artificial intelligence as part of an eventual commercial agreement prior to a possible summit among presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the Financial Times citing familiar sources with the subject.
According to the report, Chinese officials transmitted to Washington experts that the objective is to make limitations on the sale of large -band memory chips (HBM). This type of components is key to processing large volumes of data in artificial intelligence applications and are used together with graphic processing units (GPU), such as Nvidia.
China fears that US HBM export restrictions limit the capacity of companies such as Huawei to develop their own AI chips, the British newspaper said.
In recent years, different governments of the United States taught the controls to the export of semiconductors Advanced towards China, in order to stop the development of their abilities in artificial intelligence and defense. The measure made it difficult for US companies to fully meet the growing demand of the Chinese market, one of the largest in the world in the sector, although this remains an important source of income for US chips manufacturers.
Neither the White House, the State Department, nor the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded immediately to requests for comments on the information.
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Donald Trump announced that 100% tariffs will impose for the importation of chips and semiconductors
At a conference with Apple CEO, Tim Cook, US president, Donald Trump, announced Wednesday that will impose “approximately” tariffs For the Import of chips and semiconductors. The measure seeks to press companies to move production to US territory.
“If factories in the United States, there will be no surcharges,” said the Republican tycoon, who carries out a global commercial war to balance the balance of US payments. The president also stated that he will analyze case by case and said that those companies that are in the process of transferring their production could avoid surcharge if they comply. Otherwise, “they will be charged later,” he said.
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