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The U.S. Commerce Department has issued guidance stating that, quote, using Huawei Ascend chips

anywhere in the world violates U.S. export controls as those chips likely use U.S. tech.

Quoting the F.T. President Donald Trump's administration has taken a tougher stance on Chinese

technology advances warning companies around the world that using artificial intelligence chips made by Huawei could trigger criminal penalties for violating U.S. export controls.

The Commerce Department issued guidance to clarify that Huawei's ascend processors were subject

to export controls because they almost certainly contained or were made with U.S. technology.

Its Bureau of Industry and Security, which

overseas export controls, said on Tuesday it was taking a more stringent approach to foreign AI

chips, including issuing guidance that using Huawei Ascend chips anywhere in the world violates

U.S. export controls. But people familiar with the matter stressed that the Bureau had not

issued a new rule but was making it clear to companies

that Huawei chips are likely to have violated a measure that requires hard to get licenses

to export U.S. technology to the Chinese company. The guidance is not a new control, but rather a

public confirmation of an interpretation. Even the mere use anywhere by anyone of a Huawei-designed

advanced computing integrated circuit

would violate export control rules, said Kevin Wolfe, a veteran export control lawyer at Ackin-Gump.

The Bureau said three Huawei ascend chips, the 910B, 910C, and 910D were subject to the regulations

noting that such chips are likely to have been,

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