Trump Plans to Use AI Chips as a New Bargaining Chip in Trade Negotiations

BlockBeats News, April 30th, three sources familiar with the matter said that the Trump administration is working to change a regulation from the Biden era that restricts countries worldwide from accessing artificial intelligence chips. Potential changes include canceling the division of various countries globally into several tiers to help determine how much advanced semiconductor a country can access.

The sources said that these plans are still under discussion and warned that this could change. However, if implemented, this could open the door to using U.S. chips as a more powerful bargaining chip in trade negotiations. The previous regulation was issued in January of this year, aiming to divide the usage rights of cutting-edge artificial intelligence chips and control the weight of certain models to keep the most advanced computing power in the United States and its allies.

Currently, the rule divides the world into three tiers. Sources said that Trump administration officials are considering abandoning the tiered access approach in the regulation in favor of a global licensing scheme through intergovernmental agreements. (Jinse Finance)