Why US chip controls took a back seat at Xi-Trump summit
There is little question that Jensen Huang and Lisa Su, the heads of U.S. semiconductor chip giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), had secured two of the best seats in the house at the White House state dinner on Thursday evening: at the head table alongside the two presidents and their wives. But what remains unclear is how much progress they were able to make on their primary goal of…
The recent state dinner at the White House saw Jensen Huang and Lisa Su, leaders of U.S. chip giants Nvidia and AMD, seated at the head table alongside the two presidents and their spouses. However, it remains uncertain how much progress they made towards their main objective of reopening China's market for U.S. semiconductors, given the strong resistance to this in both China and the U.S.
U.S. export controls on semiconductor chips do not appear to have been a central point of contention during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington, despite the restrictions still being enforced. So far, details of these export controls have not been prominently discussed in the summaries of the Xi-Trump summit provided by Beijing and Washington.
This lack of focus on export controls is particularly puzzling, considering Xi frequently brought up the topic during his talks with President Trump.
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