Apple seeks approval to buy chips from blacklisted Chinese company: Report
Apple is lobbying the U.S. government for permission to purchase memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese firm currently on a Pentagon blacklist. The company cites rising chip costs and the need to manage supply chain pressures as the primary drivers for this request.
Why it matters
This highlights the tension between U.S. national security restrictions on Chinese technology and the economic realities faced by major American tech corporations.
Apple is lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to buy memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies , a Chinese company the Pentagon has put on a blacklist, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
The article presents the lobbying effort as a business development, noting both the company's motivation and the government's security concerns.
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