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PBS News Hour

Trump’s AI chip deal sparks legal questions

Season 2025 Episode 225 | 5m 32s

President Trump stunned many in the tech world after announcing a controversial deal with chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, allowing them to sell advanced artificial intelligence chips to China in exchange for giving the U.S. government a 15% cut of their revenue. Amna Nawaz discussed the legality of this deal and its implications with Scott Kennedy of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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