US President Trump to Rescind Global Chip Export Restrictions
US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to rescind Biden-era AI chip curbs as part of a broader effort to revise semiconductor trade restrictions. According to sources close to Bloomberg, the repeal is not yet final. The previous restrictions have drawn strong opposition from major tech companies and foreign governments in the past. JUST IN: President Trump to rescind global chip export restrictions. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) May 7, 2025 The Trump administration says it will not enforce the so-called AI diffusion rule when it takes effect on May 15, the sources said. Chipmakers such as Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD saw their stocks rise after the announcement. Nvidia climbed as much as 3.6%, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index — a closely watched benchmark — gained as much as 2.1%. Trump officials are reportedly working toward a new rule that would strengthen the control of chips abroad and remove the chip restrictions. “The Biden AI rule is overly ...