Trump’s Illegal AI Chip Export Controls, and Who Can Challenge Them
In a Lawfare article, Vivian Dong argues that Trump's conditions requiring Nvidia, AMD, and Intel to share 15 or 25 percent of China-chip sales revenue with the U.S. government violate the Export Control Reform Act's fee ban and the Constitution, as executive taxation and possibly an Export Clause violation. She argues a wide range of plaintiffs—from Chinese chip rivals and cloud providers to U.S. customers, trade associations, and states—have standing to sue, and that someone should.
