Taiwan to Curb AI Chip and Server Exports to China Under US Trade Deal
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Taiwan is preparing to tighten export controls on AI chips to further align with US restrictions and to crack down on smuggling of cutting-edge semiconductors to China, Economic Affairs Minister Gong Ming-hsin said in a Bloomberg interview. Bloomberg reports the move is part of a US-Taiwan trade deal that would make shipping restricted AI hardware to China a criminal offense. No timeline or detailed scope for the controls has been disclosed.
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If implemented, Taiwan joins the US-led effort to keep advanced AI hardware out of China, potentially shifting how AI chips and servers are shipped and transshipped.