Jamieson Greer of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) said the Donald Trump administration's policy of advanced semiconductor export controls on China is "always fluid."
On the 7th (local time), Greer said in a Fox News interview, regarding Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang's opposition to export controls on advanced semiconductors to China, in response to the question of whether "it is wise to provide advanced semiconductors to China," that it is stated accordingly.
Greer said, "As technology advances and access improves, we can adjust the baseline for export controls," and "The Trump administration clearly agrees that we must be really careful about sending cutting-edge technological products or semiconductors, or other things, to China or other countries."
Even so, Greer added, "Adjustments (to export controls) can always happen," and "The discussion of where the baseline is is always open and changes over time."
Earlier, as the White House reviews whether to allow exports to China of Nvidia's cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor H200, a bipartisan bill was introduced in Congress to block exports of the chip to China. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang has publicly expressed opposition.
Accordingly, attention is on how far the Trump administration, which recently agreed to extend by one year the tariff war truce with China, will go in controlling exports of the chip.
That day, Greer said of China's decision to import U.S. soybeans, "We have confirmed that about one-third of what they pledged to purchase this season has been fulfilled."
On rare earth supplies, Greer said, "Everything is moving in the right direction," and "We are confirming all kinds of flows to sustain our manufacturing."