CSET’s Jacob Feldgoise shared his expert analysis in an article published by Bloomberg. The article discusses a controversial revenue-sharing deal in which Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay 15% of their Chinese AI chip sales to the U.S. government, highlighting how the Trump administration has softened export controls in exchange for financial concessions. Feldgoise examines the national security implications of the arrangement and the potential precedent it sets for future export-control policies.
This seeming quid pro quo is unprecedented from an export-control perspective. The arrangement risks invalidating the national security rationale for US export controls.Senior Data Research Analyst, Jacob Feldoise
Feldgoise warns that the arrangement could undermine U.S. export-control rationale, stating, “This seeming quid pro quo is unprecedented from an export-control perspective. The arrangement risks invalidating the national security rationale for US export controls.”
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