U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 13, 2025. Credit: The White House via Flickr
The Trump administration’s technology and national security team, alongside officials at the Commerce Department, are grappling with a set of complex export controls and rules bequeathed to them by the Biden administration that were designed to limit China’s technology ambitions. Elements of these rules have already come under heavy criticism from industry, while new issues, such as the emergence of a leading Chinese AI player in DeepSeek, are creating additional challenges. Gina Ra
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