Advanced technology and AI companies largely supported the Commerce Department’s new effort to create a program aimed at increasing U.S. exports of AI technologies and services, with some saying companies should commit to "rigorous" export compliance conditions before being allowed to participate. One company said the U.S. should require businesses to automate their compliance for exports involving certain dual-use AI models, saying manual compliance presents too many “failure points.”
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The Bureau of Industry and Security needs more resources to address the surge in export license applications that’s expected if its new 50% rule comes back into effect with no changes, industry groups said, adding that otherwise, the agency risks severely delaying or pausing large volumes of trade.
The Trump administration is weighing the pros and cons of lifting export restrictions on shipments of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Nov. 24.
A bill that would require U.S. manufacturers of advanced AI chips to make their products available to American firms before selling them to China “is pretty common sense,” said Daniel Remler, a former State Department official.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., said Nov. 20 that he supports a proposal that would require U.S. manufacturers of advanced AI chips to make their products available to American firms before selling them to China and other U.S. arms embargoed countries.
The U.S. arrested two U.S. citizens and two Chinese nationals last week after accusing them of using a purported Florida real estate firm, an Alabama distributor and nearly $4 million in wire transfers to buy and illegally export “cutting edge” chips to China.
The U.S. should work with its allies to increase export restrictions on semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME), components and services to limit China’s ability to make computing chips, former government officials told lawmakers Nov. 20.
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Nov. 20 that he plans to introduce a bill to place subsidiaries on the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Entity List if they're owned 50% or more by companies on that list.
Two House Democrats urged the Trump administration Nov. 20 to brief lawmakers on its decision to authorize the export of up to 35,000 of Nvidia's Blackwell advanced AI chips to companies based in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (see 2511190068).