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Lutnick says US isn’t sending China ‘best chips’ despite Chinese demand

By David Zimmermann
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the United States is not sending its “best chips” to China, in line with the Trump administration’s export restrictions on advanced artificial intelligence chips.

“I want to be crystal clear: We are not selling our best chips to China under any circumstance,” he told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday while testifying about the president’s fiscal year 2027 budget request.

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