US Tightens AI Chip Export Controls

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• •The US Department of Commerce's draft rule proposes a tiered approval process for exports exceeding certain thresholds, such as requiring government participation for deployments over 200,000 GB300 GPUs in a single country[2].
• •Major buyers like UAE's G42 and Saudi Arabia's Humain received export approvals in November 2025 in exchange for commitments to substantial US investments[2].
• •The draft expands restrictions from about 40 countries to potentially global scale, with informal consultations required for some Nvidia and AMD sales[2][4].
• •Chipmakers including Nvidia criticized the Biden-era 'AI Diffusion Rule' for adding red tape, which the Trump administration has now rescinded[1].

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