Lutnick: Seeking to Get China Developers ‘Addicted’ to US Stack

July 15, 2025, 4:22 PM UTC

The US wants to be one step ahead of what the Chinese can build “so they keep buying our chips,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says on CNBC.

  • “You want to sell the Chinese enough that their developers get addicted to the American technology stack,” he says
  • “We don’t sell them our best stuff, not our second best stuff, not even our third best - I think fourth best is where we’ve come out,” he adds
  • NOTE: Nvidia, AMD to Resume AI Chip Sales to China in US Reversal

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