The Trump administration is developing an AI rule to restrict China's remote access to chips, according to The Information. Washington Examiner reports project DRAM costs rising over 400 percent from 2024 through 2026, with Apple testing chips from China's fourth-largest DRAM producer ahead of a Trump-Xi summit.
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“America doesn’t have to choose between China and going it alone”
Read at Washington Examiner →The rule continues tech decoupling that prioritizes national security over economic and cooperative costs, risking higher expenses for households and firms while complicating global supply chains.
“Unilateral restrictions entrench zero-sum competition and overlook multilateral AI safety options.”
The measure extends national security priorities to close loopholes allowing indirect Chinese access to U.S. technology for military or surveillance purposes.
“Supply-chain fragility and strategic leverage at the Trump-Xi summit justify tighter controls.”
The rule exemplifies government intervention that distorts markets and erodes property rights in voluntary cross-border transactions.
“Market solutions and free trade principles are preferable to top-down restrictions.”
All three perspectives accept unexamined causal claims linking the rule to DRAM prices and overlook that the policy targets cloud services more than hardware flows.
“Timeline, product mismatch, and actual chokepoints such as software are not scrutinized.”
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