Inside Trade

December 8, 2025

White House adviser: Controls need to prioritize AI exports

September 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
U.S. export controls need to be reconfigured to allow domestic chipmakers to sell more chips else the U.S. will forfeit the race with China to develop groundbreaking innovations in artificial intelligence, White House AI czar David Sacks said last week. “It’s time for Washington to update its assumptions with regard to export controls,” he said in a Sept. 18 social media post . “American chip companies must be allowed to sell the American technology stack abroad, albeit with security requirements,...

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