US issues worldwide restriction on using Huawei AI chips

Move comes despite recent Washington-Beijing tariff climbdown

20250514 A Huawei Ascend AI chip

The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security says anyone using Huawei's Ascend chips without a license will be considered in violation of export control rules. © Getty Images

LAULY LI, YIFAN YU and CHENG TING-FANG

TAIPEI/PALO ALTO -- The U.S. government is restricting anyone, anywhere in the world, from using Huawei's AI chips, an unprecedented crackdown on the Chinese tech giant despite a recent de-escalation of the tariff war between Washington and Beijing.

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