Apple seeks approval to buy chips from blacklisted Chinese company: FT
Apple is lobbying the US government for permission to purchase memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese firm currently on a US military blacklist. The company cites rising memory chip costs as the primary driver for seeking this exemption.
Why it matters
The request highlights the tension between US national security restrictions on Chinese technology and the economic pressures faced by major US corporations in the global supply chain.
The iPhone maker lobbies White House for relief to ease financial pressure from rising memory chip prices
The article presents the business rationale for Apple's lobbying alongside the national security context without editorializing.
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