Reuters: Democratic senator urges Trump Commerce nominee to take hard line on China

A senior Democratic senator on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security to take a tough line on China, citing Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence technology.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Banking Committee, told nominee Jeffrey Kessler in a letter seen by Reuters that the Trump administration should strengthen AI chips rules adopted by then-President Joe Biden's administration in January.

Kessler and the Commerce Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

"In light of DeepSeek, we must reinforce our controls on (China)," Warren wrote, calling for a series of actions on Chinese tech efforts, including clamping down on chip smuggling, restricting powerful inference chips like Nvidia's H20 (NVDA.O), implementing comprehensive controls on ChangXin Memory Technology and advanced memory production.

Reuters reported in January that a change in policy by the Biden administration would likely affect goods and technology destined for ChangXin by imposing controls on more of its facilities, according to chip experts.

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