Is It Too Late for the US to Catch up with China on Tech?
- On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department rescinded the Biden-era AI Diffusion Rule to target Chinese firms like Huawei more precisely.
- This policy shift followed criticisms from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and White House advisor Sriram Krishnan, who argued the prior rule created disparities and stifled U.S. Innovation.
- The Trump administration maintains strict AI chip export controls on China, causing market share losses for Nvidia and AMD, while China advances domestic AI via firms like Alibaba and DeepSeek.
- Nvidia expects a $5.5 billion impact and Huang warned China’s AI market could represent a $50 billion opportunity, calling restrictions a failure needing reduction.
- The U.S. Aims to balance national security with supporting tech competitiveness, but Beijing condemns the measures as bullying, complicating global AI governance and economic relations.
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The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it will continue its efforts to prevent advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology from reaching China, dismissing requests from Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang to relax chip export limitations to the country, Taipei Times reported on Friday. “We have great respect for Jensen,” stated Sriram Krishnan, a senior policy adviser for AI at the White House, during a Bloomberg Television interview. “…
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