Chip War preceded the Trump trade war
An exemption will appeal to the company, which has long argued that export controls are ineffective and give a boost to national players, including Huawei. And although Beijing does not back down, access to fleas ai is something that he desperately wants.
We have seen Trump blur the lines on technological national security problems in the past. The various export controls on Nvidia preceded its price and aim to retain China in the AI breed on fears that the Beijing edge could give it military or economic advantages.
But the president has already ignored similar concerns: he has extended a deadline for Tiktok to be prohibited in the United States, transforming the social media platform belonging to China into a key lever effect.
The White House could still make the repression of AI chips back in China. Anyway, it is a timely reminder that this trade war risks the hard gains of America in the race for technological supremacy. Washington cannot fight on two fronts.
Access to fleas and computing power was at the heart of the example of Silicon Valley on China in AI, but this gap is quickly. The restrictions on Washington's tightening fleas were porous, but they undoubtedly bought time.
