Bill Would Codify US Limits on Chip Exports to China
Sens. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Chris Coons, D-Del., announced Dec. 4 that they have introduced a bill to codify into law the Trump administration’s current limits on what advanced AI chips can be sold to China and other foreign “adversaries.”
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The Secure and Feasible Exports of Chips Act, or Safe Chips Act would direct the Commerce Department to deny applications to export advanced chips to adversaries for at least 30 months. It defines advanced chips as those more powerful than those currently licensed for export to adversaries. After 30 months, the executive branch could update the technical parameters for the definition of an advanced chip.
The legislation is co-sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.; Dave McCormick, R-Pa.; and Andy Kim, D-N.J. Ricketts said Dec. 2 that he and Coons were preparing to introduce the bill (see 2512030039).
The bill’s unveiling comes as the administration considers whether to lift restrictions on exporting Nvidia H200 AI chip to China (see 2511240029). The administration has already barred the sale of Nvidia’s most advanced chip, the Blackwell, to China (see 2511030031).