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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the US is "not in favor" of Apple buying Chinese memory chips, and there have to be "other solutions to the memory issue" (Wall Street Journal)

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urges iPhone maker to find other solutions to AI-driven chip supply crunch

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