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Washington's trade negotiations with Canada have regained momentum following the collapse of talks in August, while Mexico is pressing for relief from U.S. steel, aluminum and automobile tariffs by demonstrating tougher enforcement against Chinese and other third-country imports.
Further restrictions are reportedly approaching. Multinationals must distinguish ordinary employee use of AI from access to controlled computing and technical information.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has extended 178 exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods through January 9, 2027. The action preserves 164 exclusions for specified industrial, medical, consumer, and other products, along with 14 exclusions for solar manufacturing equipment. In a separate action, USTR extended for two months the suspension of fees on certain maritime transport services and additional duties on Chinese ship-to-shore cranes and other cargo-handling equipment.
Microsoft and other tech industry officials are reportedly urging the Trump administration to abandon proposed restrictions on Chinese optical transceivers, warning that supply disruptions could impede U.S. artificial-intelligence infrastructure development
The U.S. Department of Defense has removed a Shanghai-based frug testing firm from its list of “Chinese military companies,” three months after a federal judge found that the department’s designation likely rested on material factual errors and unsupported characterizations of the evidence.
Congressional scrutiny of advanced AI chip exports is turning to the integrity of the government’s decision process: who authorized shipments, what intelligence informed those decisions, and whether Nvidia’s access to senior officials affected enforcement.
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