On April 30, three informed sources stated that the Trump administration is working to modify a regulation from the Biden era that restricts global access to AI chips, potentially changing the approach by eliminating the classification of different countries into several tiers to help determine how many advanced semiconductors a country can obtain.
Sources said these plans are still under discussion and warned that they may change. However, if implemented, this could open the door to using US chips as a more powerful negotiating tool in trade talks. The previous regulation, issued in January this year, was aimed at dividing the usage rights of cutting-edge AI chips and controlling the weights of certain models to keep the most advanced computing capabilities within 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 favor of a global licensing system based on intergovernmental agreements. (Jinshi)
